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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 does David think his father's admittance into the hospital will do for his family?
(a) Create a relationship between David and his father.
(b) Create a relationship between David and his mother.
(c) Bring his parents back together.
(d) Bring him closure regarding his abusive family.

2. What is the name of the Technical Sergeant, or David's supervisor, that finally tells him he is doing a great job?
(a) Maxwell.
(b) Steins.
(c) Campbell.
(d) Piners.

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

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

5. In the hospital, what story does David tell his father so that he can talk to him without worrying what to say?
(a) A story about the day he was rescued from his mother.
(b) A story about cooking for the Air Force.
(c) A story about his enlistment process.
(d) A story about their trip to the Russian River.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls Alice to tell her about the admittance of David's father into the hospital?

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

3. According to David, who is the only one who can save his father?

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

5. What does David's mother call him?

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