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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 changes about Dave's sleeping habits in Chapter 7, The Lord's Prayer ?

2. What does Dave refuse to do in Chapter 7, The Lord's Prayer despite how his mother treats him?

3. What is Dave's final thought in the book?

4. What type of people does Dave meet after he is rescued?

5. What is Dave's punishment for exceeding the allotted time for chores in Chapter 5, The Accident?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what Dave does when he finds that his stab wound is infected.

2. Summarize Russell's attitude toward Dave, as described in Chapter 5, The Accident.

3. As Dave enters fifth grade, what is his frame of mind?

4. Describe where Dave brings his son in the Epilogue and his emotions at that time.

5. Dave goes to his father for help after being stabbed. What is his father's reaction?

6. What are Dave's thoughts when his father leaves for good?

7. Describe what Dave has to do while the rest of the family eats in the summer of 1971.

8. How does Dave feel about life in America, as outlined in the Epilogue?

9. How does Dave look positively at his abusive past?

10. Describe the incident where Dave is stabbed by his mother.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dave is abused constantly throughout the book.

- How does Dave's mother manage to keep her abuse of Dave a secret? Cite examples from the book.

- What does she tell the principal of Dave's school when he calls to ask about Dave's condition?

- How do the authorities finally find out the truth about Dave's abuse?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the relationship between Dave and his brother, Russell.

- How does Russell have an impact on how Dave's mother treats him?

- What are Russell's feelings toward Dave?

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate the elements of cause and effect in this story using examples from the book.

- Choose three events from the story which cause Dave's life to undergo a change.

- How does he react to the events and their effects?

- How does he change emotionally in his own life and in his attitude toward the world?

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