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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Letter from Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead of going out during time off from the Air Force, what does David do?
(a) Read.
(b) Write letters home.
(c) Call all of his family.
(d) Lie in bed and cry.

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

3. What does David want his mother to do to him?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Hug him.
(c) Tell him she loves him.
(d) Give him a bath.

4. Who calls to tell David that his father is in the hospital?
(a) His Mother.
(b) Alice.
(c) His brother.
(d) His superior officer.

5. According to David, what word is associated with the highest compliment that his father could give him?
(a) Son.
(b) Tiger.
(c) Survivor.
(d) Slugger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is David's aviation mentor?

2. After examining David, what does the nurse come to find out is David's real injury?

3. Why is David sick at the beginning of the second chapter?

4. What are the two names that David calls his mother?

5. According to David's mother, he is not a person. What is he?

(see the answer key)

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