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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While at his grandmother's, what CAN'T David do?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Eat.
(c) Breathe.
(d) Relax.

2. After examining David, what does the nurse come to find out is David's real injury?
(a) A crushed larynx.
(b) A swollen Adam's apple.
(c) A crushed nasal passage.
(d) A bruised esophagus.

3. According to the nurse, what is David's first priority relating to his father's stay in the hospital?
(a) Making plans to move his father into a nursing home.
(b) Spending time with his father.
(c) Making financial arrangements for hospital bills.
(d) Making funeral arrangements.

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

5. Who goes to the hospital with David to see his father for the first time?
(a) His mother.
(b) Alice.
(c) Russell.
(d) Stan.

6. The last time David saw his father, he showed him his prized possession. What is his father's prized possession?
(a) His fireman's badge.
(b) A photo of his wedding.
(c) David's birth certificate.
(d) His retiremant papers.

7. What is the first thing David does upon returning from Egypt?
(a) Call Alice.
(b) Call his grandmother.
(c) Call Russell.
(d) Call his mother.

8. According to the phone call, how long does David's father have left to live?
(a) A month.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) A few weeks.
(d) A few days.

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

10. 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 his enlistment process.
(b) A story about the day he was rescued from his mother.
(c) A story about cooking for the Air Force.
(d) A story about their trip to the Russian River.

11. According to Aunt Jane, times were different in the past and nicknamed what?
(a) The days of blind bliss.
(b) The days of ask nothing.
(c) The days of wine and roses.
(d) The days of privacy.

12. Who calls Alice to tell her about the admittance of David's father into the hospital?
(a) David's father.
(b) David's mother.
(c) David's brother Stan.
(d) David's brother Russell.

13. Who bought David a bike for Christmas in 1972?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His aunt.

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

15. Who does David find out has died while he was in Egypt?
(a) Stan.
(b) Uncle Dan.
(c) Russell.
(d) His mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the enlisting sergeant call David when talking to him about planes?

3. What does David's grandmother compare talking about the past to?

4. What memory does David have upon walking into his grandmother's home?

5. Who wrote the letter that David wished he never received?

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