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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Wishful Thinking.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two names that David calls his mother?
(a) Mommy and Mom.
(b) Mom and The Monster.
(c) Mother and The Monster.
(d) Mommy and The Mother.

2. Upon entering the hospital to see David's father, what does the smell remind him of?
(a) His grandmother's home.
(b) His mother's death.
(c) Being in the airplane bathroom.
(d) Being trapped in a bathroom during his abusive childhood.

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

4. Where is David's plane landing at the end of the second chapter "Fly Away?"
(a) Dallas.
(b) Denver.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) San Antonio.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of David's social worker?

2. Where does the book begin?

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

4. What was the date that David was placed into protective custody?

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

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