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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Dave insist the kids go with him in this chapter?
(a) To his car
(b) To the police station
(c) To his apartment
(d) To find a phone

2. What do Toph and Dave do to the house in this chapter?
(a) Tidy it
(b) Put in a new kitchen
(c) Lay down carpets
(d) Repaint it

3. What is Dave afraid of disrepecting in this chapter?
(a) Toph's education
(b) His parents' memory
(c) His childhood memories
(d) Toph's childhood

4. What does Dave think Toph worries about?
(a) Losing Little League games
(b) Doing badly at school
(c) Someone else in the family dying
(d) Dave leaving him

5. Where did Beth and Dave promise not to take their mother?
(a) New York
(b) A old people's home
(c) Home
(d) Hospital

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dave want to buy flowers from?

2. Whose birthday is it in this chapter?

3. What word best describes Dave's relationship with the older woman?

4. What do the kids do when Dave calls the police?

5. What image does Dave want to present to his brother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dave's situation change at the beginning of chapter 3?

2. Why does Dave not date many women?

3. How does a group of Mexican children harass Dave and Meredith in Chapter 5?

4. Summarize Chapter 4.

5. What does Dave decide to do instead of finding a job?

6. What does Dave think about as he holds ice to his mother's nose?

7. What kind of relationships with women does Dave have during this period?

8. Summarize the second chapter.

9. What problems do Toph and Dave have living together?

10. What does Dave do during the nights?

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