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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. Who calls to tell David that his father is in the hospital?
(a) His superior officer.
(b) His brother.
(c) Alice.
(d) His Mother.

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

3. What did David's grandmother hear David yelling into a mirror when he was a child?
(a) I don't deserve your love!
(b) I'm a bad boy!
(c) I hate myself!
(d) Mother is always right!

4. What causes David's father to be hospitalized?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Ideopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
(c) Muscular Dystrophy.
(d) Acute Leukemia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is David's aviation mentor?

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

3. After riding his motorcycle to his grandmother's, where does David end up sleeping on the night he arrives?

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

5. Upon entering his mother's home, what smell made David's eyes water?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does David's mother refuse to go see her husband in the hospital?

2. How does David's father "tell" him where the badge is?

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

4. David has the chance to leave for basic training in either one day or the following week. Why does David choose to leave in a week for basic training?

5. Who has come to visit David's father in the hospital?

6. Why is David afraid of the nurse reporting the abuse to the authorities?

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

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

9. How did David deal with his Mother's abuse as a child?

10. Why is David surprised upon entering his mother's home after seven years?

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