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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) Bring his parents back together.
(b) Create a relationship between David and his father.
(c) Create a relationship between David and his mother.
(d) Bring him closure regarding his abusive family.

2. What causes David's father to be hospitalized?
(a) Acute Leukemia.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Muscular Dystrophy.
(d) Ideopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the nurse, what is David's first priority relating to his father's stay in the hospital?

2. What does David's mother call him?

3. Where does the book begin?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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