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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does David's grandmother compare talking about the past to?
(a) Teasing a rabid dog.
(b) Opening Pandora's box.
(c) Entering a beehive.
(d) Opening Hell.

2. While speaking about her family, where does David's mother say Ronald is stationed at?
(a) Texas.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Flordia.
(d) Hawaii.

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

4. Upon first entering the nurse's office, what does the nurse think is wrong with David?
(a) He is losing too much blood.
(b) He is hyperventilating.
(c) He has a broken leg.
(d) He has third-degree burns.

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

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

7. Where does David work as a short-order cook?
(a) In-and-Out.
(b) Western Sizzler.
(c) Denny's.
(d) Iron Skillet.

8. 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.

9. Why is David's grandmother upset with Russell?
(a) He doesn't call her.
(b) He yells at his mother.
(c) He joins the Marines.
(d) He borrows a metal chest and returns it damaged.

10. Which one of David's brothers does he take out while in town visiting his grandmother?
(a) Ronald.
(b) Stan.
(c) Russell.
(d) Steve.

11. Who admits to calling social services before David was removed from his mother's home?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His father.
(c) His aunt.
(d) His brother.

12. What does David's grandmother say she never did to his mother?
(a) Love her.
(b) Correct her.
(c) Hug her.
(d) Abuse her.

13. During David's nightmares, how does he see his mother?
(a) Holding her arms out to welcome him into an embrace.
(b) In a hospital room.
(c) In a grave.
(d) Standing like a statue at the end of a hall.

14. What are the only letters that David regularly receives while in basic training?
(a) Ones from his father.
(b) Ones marked "Return to Sender."
(c) Ones from his mother.
(d) Ones from his brothers.

15. What item of his father's does David take from the coat in the closet?
(a) His father's admittance papers.
(b) His father's badge.
(c) His father's medical card.
(d) His father's medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does David impress the recruiting officer while filling out his Air Force enlistment papers?

2. While staying with his father in the hospital, David goes to see his mother. Who answers the door at his mother's house?

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

4. How long is David heavily sedated due to his illness?

5. Who goes to the hospital with David to see his father for the first time?

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