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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, The Long Farewell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Patsy's mother?
(a) Carol Sue.
(b) Dottie Mae.
(c) Shirley Mae.
(d) Marie Dawn.

2. In August of 1990, what caused David's marital problems to be placed on the back burner?
(a) Bush's invasion of Panama.
(b) Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.
(c) Operation Desert Storm.
(d) Timur's invasion of China.

3. Why is there no casket at the funeral of David's father?
(a) He was cremated.
(b) The hospital refused to release the body.
(c) His mother refused to buy a casket.
(d) His body was misplaced at the morgue.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book written by Gary Powers does David spend time reading?

2. What does David's mother tell her mother (David's grandmother) that David did when he visited?

3. On the day that David runs late for the hospital, what lie does David tell his father?

4. What was the name of the principal that called David's mother everyday while he was in school?

5. David, after making a mental plot to kidnap his mother, decides he would never do such a thing. What does he yell internally?

(see the answer key)

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