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

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 wrestling with his brothers.
(c) He tripped.
(d) He was sleep-walking.

3. According to David, who is the only one who can save his father?
(a) No one can save him.
(b) His father.
(c) David.
(d) God.

4. According to David's mother, he is not a person. What is he?
(a) An animal.
(b) A waste.
(c) A thing.
(d) An object.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does David refuse to say anything bad about his mother to the nurse?

2. What is the name of the Technical Sergeant, or David's supervisor, that finally tells him he is doing a great job?

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

4. According to David, what word is associated with the highest compliment that his father could give him?

5. What is the date of the second chapter "Fly Away?"

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