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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. What is the mission to Egypt nicknamed?
(a) Desert Seige.
(b) Tent Offense.
(c) Proud Phantom.
(d) Digger's Dream.
2. Why is David's grandmother upset with Russell?
(a) He borrows a metal chest and returns it damaged.
(b) He doesn't call her.
(c) He yells at his mother.
(d) He joins the Marines.
3. Where does the book begin?
(a) Daly City, California.
(b) Russian RIver, California.
(c) San Francisco, California.
(d) Red River, California.
4. During David's nightmares, how does he see his mother?
(a) Holding her arms out to welcome him into an embrace.
(b) In a hospital room.
(c) Standing like a statue at the end of a hall.
(d) In a grave.
5. Which one of David's brothers does he take out while in town visiting his grandmother?
(a) Ronald.
(b) Stan.
(c) Steve.
(d) Russell.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does David find out has died while he was in Egypt?
2. Much to David's surprise, how long has his father been in the hospital?
3. Who calls Alice to tell her about the admittance of David's father into the hospital?
4. After riding his motorcycle to his grandmother's, where does David end up sleeping on the night he arrives?
5. Why is there no casket at the funeral of David's father?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 1 entitled "The End," what happens when David finally lashes out verbally against his mother?
2. What does David realize while looking in the mirror at his grandmother's about his grandmother?
3. David's grandmother denies abusing his mother. What did his grandmother do to her daughter as a child?
4. Why is David afraid of the nurse reporting the abuse to the authorities?
5. Why is David's grandmother upset with his brother Russell?
6. Why is David sweating while on the plane to San Antonio?
7. 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?
8. Why does David's mother refuse to go see her husband in the hospital?
9. Describe the nightmares that David has during basic training.
10. Why is David shocked by the one and only letter his father sends him?
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