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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. Where does Meredith agree to meet Dave?

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

3. What does Toph join in this chapter?

4. What does Dave think Toph worries about?

5. Where do Dave and Beth want to move to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Dave struggle to discard of some of his parent possessions?

3. Why doesn't Dave like telling people why he has to look after Toph?

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

5. How do the police deal with Dave's stolen wallet in Chapter 5?

6. Summarize Chapter 4.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose two of the following people and outline his/her influence on Dave Eggers' life:

1) Toph

2) His father

3) His mother

4) Beth

Essay Topic 2

What major events had a profound effect on Eggers' life and how did they change him? What does Eggers still have to learn by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Dave's obsession with death.

1) How does Dave's obsession with death affect the people around him?

2) How does Dave's obsession with death affect his life in general?

3) In what way can Dave use his obsession with death in a positive way?

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