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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Dave's mother tell him to do after she changes his bloody clothes in in Chapter 5, The Accident?
2. What does Dave come to believe just before he enters the fifth grade?
3. How often does Dave receive lunch during the summer of 1971?
4. What is the secret that Dave learns quickly from his bad situation?
5. Why does Dave's mother suddenly allow Dave to eat with the family, watch TV, and give him new clothes to wear?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the actions of Dave's mother when she offers him a plate of food after ten days of not eating.
2. Describe how Dave is treated by the rest of the family when his mother is in the hospital delivering his new brother.
3. Explain why Dave's morale is low in the summer of 1971.
4. Describe the incident where Dave is stabbed by his mother.
5. Describe what Dave does when he finds that his stab wound is infected.
6. As Dave enters fifth grade, what is his frame of mind?
7. Summarize the forms of punishment Dave expects to receive as he turns 11-years-old.
8. Describe the one time Dave had his prayers answered.
9. Describe what Dave has to do while the rest of the family eats in the summer of 1971.
10. Describe why Dave is so fascinated with a piece of driftwood that is washing ashore in the Epilogue.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the book, Dave's mother reveals her coldness and cruelty toward Dave.
- Summarize how her attitude toward Dave reflects the attitudes of the rest of the family. Cite examples from the story.
- How does she brainwash Dave's brothers and father not to acknowledge Dave's abusive situation?
Essay Topic 2
Analyze Dave as an adult.
- What does he vow to do with his life now that he is free?
- What has he done with his adult life to escape his past and move on?
- Explain how he prevents himself from falling into the black hole of self-pity.
Essay Topic 3
Summarize the events in the book that lead Dave to calling his mother's house, 'The Madhouse'. Give several examples from the book and describe how these events are considered insane by Dave.
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