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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of David's juvenile officer?
(a) Gordon Hutchenson.
(b) Scott Regan.
(c) Jonathon Daniels.
(d) Mark RIley.

2. What does Mr. Zeigler ask David to do after David's presentation at the school?
(a) Come back to his house.
(b) Go out to dinner.
(c) Go on a road trip.
(d) Go home.

3. What happens after David gives a presentation at his old elementary school?
(a) He hyperventilates.
(b) He drives home to hold his son.
(c) He passes out.
(d) He calls his mother to yell at her.

4. What are "PCs?"
(a) Penal codes.
(b) Primary care.
(c) Politically correct.
(d) Process control.

5. What year do rumors begin to spread throughout the military about severe personnel cutbacks?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1993.

6. Where does David get a job doing grounds work?
(a) Rio Villa.
(b) Casa Rio.
(c) Monte Villa.
(d) Monte Rio.

7. Which one of David's favorite planes is retired in 1990?
(a) Curtiss.
(b) Vultee.
(c) Blackbird.
(d) Convair.

8. What does David find out was the final straw before his teachers called social services?
(a) The crushed and swollen Adam's apple.
(b) The skin missing from his arm.
(c) The broken leg.
(d) The cut to his stomach.

9. Ever since his family's visit to his mother's home in Chapter 10, what does David think about every day?
(a) His father.
(b) His son.
(c) His childhood.
(d) His mother.

10. Why does Patsy say that the luncheon she received an award for David at "wasn't all that?"
(a) There was no open bar.
(b) They did not use tablecloths.
(c) The chicken was cold.
(d) They did not serve steak.

11. Where is the Pelzer family's first long distance trip to?
(a) Sacramento.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Austin.
(d) Salt Lake City.

12. What is the name of the sergeant who fixes the problem with David's paperwork?
(a) Daniels.
(b) Blue.
(c) Regan.
(d) O'Riley.

13. According to David, what happens to him when he is with Marsha?
(a) He feels clean.
(b) He cannot help but feel antimidated.
(c) He wishes she would leave him alone.
(d) He wants to hide when he is around her.

14. What is the name of the new plane that David is going to work with?
(a) Rockwell.
(b) Stealth Fighter.
(c) Helio.
(d) Fairchild.

15. What operation is David deployed on in 1990?
(a) Operation Desert Storm.
(b) Operation Desert Shield.
(c) Operation Desert Sabre.
(d) Operation Gulf War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport does David's son enjoy playing?

2. According to Patsy, what is going to make her life whole?

3. Where do David and Patsy move to soon after they marry?

4. What ends David's "euphoric honeymoon?"

5. What affectionate word does David allow to slip out when Marsha is crying on the phone about his book?

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