View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Slip Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the nurse, what is David's first priority relating to his father's stay in the hospital?
(a) Spending time with his father.
(b) Making plans to move his father into a nursing home.
(c) Making financial arrangements for hospital bills.
(d) Making funeral arrangements.

2. What causes David's father to be hospitalized?
(a) Muscular Dystrophy.
(b) Ideopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Acute Leukemia.

3. Where does the book begin?
(a) Russian RIver, California.
(b) Red River, California.
(c) San Francisco, California.
(d) Daly City, California.

4. What is the date of the second chapter "Fly Away?"
(a) August 1, 1979.
(b) August 24, 1979.
(c) October 1, 1979.
(d) October 24, 1979.

5. In the hospital, what story does David tell his father so that he can talk to him without worrying what to say?
(a) A story about cooking for the Air Force.
(b) A story about their trip to the Russian River.
(c) A story about his enlistment process.
(d) A story about the day he was rescued from his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last thing that David said to his father before he died?

2. Upon entering the hospital to see David's father, what does the smell remind him of?

3. What is the name of the male nurse that meets David to inform him about his father's condition?

4. According to David, who is the only one who can save his father?

5. Who is David's "bunk buddy" in the Air Force?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 269 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample