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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. In the autobiography, what does David say is the nickname given to foster children?
(a) Screw-ups.
(b) Unwanteds.
(c) F-kids.
(d) Fosters.

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

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Much to David's surprise, how long has his father been in the hospital?

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

4. Where does the book begin?

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

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