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

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

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

4. How long is David heavily sedated due to his illness?
(a) Three days.
(b) Over a month.
(c) Over a week.
(d) Three weeks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the last words Aunt Jane and David's father (right before David enlisted in the Air Force) said when getting off the phone after telling David that "There are no guarantees in life?"

2. Why does David refuse to say anything bad about his mother to the nurse?

3. According to David's mother, he is not a person. What is he?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is David sweating while on the plane to San Antonio?

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

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

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

5. Why is David so upset about his father being in the hospital?

6. What is the only way that David knows how to deal with his father's death?

7. How does David impress the Air Force sergeant assigned to his enlistment paperwork?

8. 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?

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

10. While looking around his mother's bedroom, what is he surprised to find after seven years?

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