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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What statement does David make at the very end of Chapter 1?
(a) I am done with hurting.
(b) I am going to make mom hurt.
(c) I want to stand up for myself.
(d) I am ready to die.

2. What excuse does David's mother come up with to cover up his injuries sustained from being pushed down the stairs?
(a) He fell off his bike.
(b) He was sleep-walking.
(c) He tripped.
(d) He was wrestling with his brothers.

3. Why does David refuse to say anything bad about his mother to the nurse?
(a) Because she will deny everything.
(b) Because she is sick.
(c) Because he claims no one wins against her.
(d) Because she will die.

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

5. While staying with his father in the hospital, David goes to see his mother. Who answers the door at his mother's house?
(a) Russell.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) Kevin.
(d) Stan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What decision does David make during the summer of 1978?

2. Who calls to tell David that his father is in the hospital?

3. What are the only letters that David regularly receives while in basic training?

4. While looking at pictures in his mother's bedroom, who is missing in all of the photos?

5. What does David make the nurse promise after she tells him she knows the truth about the abuse?

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