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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) Digger's Dream.
(b) Desert Seige.
(c) Tent Offense.
(d) Proud Phantom.

2. Who goes to the hospital with David to see his father for the first time?
(a) His mother.
(b) Alice.
(c) Stan.
(d) Russell.

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

4. What does the nurse tell Steve he has to do in order to allow his father to "go?"
(a) Make sure he knows the funeral plans are taken care of.
(b) Sign the papers to stop treatment.
(c) Tell him he will be okay and let him go.
(d) Tell him he loves him.

5. Much to David's surprise, how long has his father been in the hospital?
(a) Four months.
(b) Four days.
(c) Four years.
(d) Four weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon entering the hospital to see David's father, what does the smell remind him of?

2. While staying with his father in the hospital, David goes to see his mother. Who answers the door at his mother's house?

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

4. Who calls Alice to tell her about the admittance of David's father into the hospital?

5. What causes David's father to be hospitalized?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What advice does David's father have for him as he gets ready to leave for the Air Force?

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. Why does David find out that his superior officers have been so hard on him?

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