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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 do Dave and Toph have sword fights with?

2. Whose birthday is it in this chapter?

3. What does Beth talk her mother into doing?

4. What do the Mexican kids take from Dave?

5. Why do Dave and Toph have to rush to the school open house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dave do when he gets lonely in Chapter 5?

2. Summarize Chapter 4.

3. Why does Dave not date many women?

4. How does Dave act in the club with his friends?

5. Give an example of Dave and Toph's being late.

6. How does Dave feel when he finally leaves Toph with a babysitter?

7. How does Dave help his mother in the first chapter?

8. Why does Dave feel uncomfortable when he takes Toph to Little League games?

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

10. What is wrong with Dave's mother at the beginning of Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Dave's family.

1) How important is Dave's family to him? Are there some members of his family that were more important than others?

2) What would have happened to Dave if he did not have his family around when his parents died?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Dave's relationship with Toph.

1) In what way is Dave in danger of smothering his younger brother?

2) In what way does Dave need Toph as much as Toph needs him?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the role of an editor.

1) What is the role of a editor? What different kinds of editors are there?

2) How much say does an editor has with what goes into a publication?

3) In what way does Dave have the right characteristics to succeed as an editor?

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