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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to David's mother, he is not a person. What is he?
(a) An object.
(b) A thing.
(c) An animal.
(d) A waste.

2. What decision does David make during the summer of 1978?
(a) To quit high school.
(b) To become a car salesman.
(c) To see his mother.
(d) To contact his brothers.

3. How does David cope with his father's death?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Working.

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

5. What does David's mother call him?
(a) Animal.
(b) You.
(c) It.
(d) Stupid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What statement does David make at the very end of Chapter 1?

2. While looking at pictures in his mother's bedroom, who is missing in all of the photos?

3. Upon first entering the nurse's office, what does the nurse think is wrong with David?

4. What does David's grandmother say she never did to his mother?

5. Where does the book begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David realize while looking in the mirror at his grandmother's about his grandmother?

2. Why is David shocked by the one and only letter his father sends him?

3. David's grandmother denies abusing his mother. What did his grandmother do to her daughter as a child?

4. Why does David choose to stay at the dorms rather than go out with the other soldiers?

5. Patsy gives David a lot of trouble about not going out with her in Chapter 6 entitled "Regroup." How does David justify to Patsy not going out and doing anything fun?

6. Describe the hug between David and his grandmother during their first meeting in years.

7. David's mother stopped calling David by his name while he was a child. Describe the regression of David's "name."

8. Why does David initially refuse to admit that his father was going to die?

9. In Chapter 1 entitled "The End," what happens when David finally lashes out verbally against his mother?

10. What does David's mother mean by "All I've done for you" when talking to David?

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