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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Break Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gordan visits David in July 1974, what is the purpose of the visit?
(a) To tell David it is time to move.
(b) To tell David the Cantanzes want to adopt him.
(c) To tell David he has to go back to his mother's.
(d) To tell David he is going to be his foster parent.

2. How does David describe the new neighborhood that he and his foster family move to in the "Coming Around" chapter?
(a) He calls it 'The Leave it to Beaver' neighborhood.
(b) He calls it 'The Cookie-cutter.'
(c) He calls it 'The Trailerpark.'
(d) He calls it 'The Ghetto.'

3. When David is a sophomore in high school, what program does his school place him in?
(a) A work-school program.
(b) A vocational program.
(c) A slow learner program.
(d) An advanced learning program.

4. While at the Turnboughs, why does David only wash his clothes on Saturdays and Sundays?
(a) He doesn't like washing clothes, and is forced to do it then.
(b) Those are the only days he's home.
(c) That's his scheduled time to wash his clothes.
(d) He knows the social workers won't come on those days.

5. After David leaves the Turnbough house, who does he move in with?
(a) The Smiths.
(b) The Cantanzes.
(c) The Walshes.
(d) The Jones.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Johnny Jones task, David meets with Ms. Gold. What does he tell her?

2. After his punishment for the Johnny Jones task, what does David do on an impulse?

3. What did David continue to believe despite what everyone told him?

4. When David arrives at The Catanzes' house after his release from the Hill, what do the other foster children do?

5. Who do Carlos and David bump into while at an elementary school near their middle school?

(see the answer key)

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