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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through New Beginnings.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the story begins, what was the boy forced to sleep on?
(a) A bed.
(b) A cot.
(c) The steps.
(d) The floor.

2. What did the boy promise his father on the ride home from the police station?
(a) To run away.
(b) To go to bed.
(c) To be a good boy.
(d) To play outside.

3. How much money did Lillian Catanze receive to buy David clothes?
(a) $42.
(b) $317.
(c) $127.
(d) $527.

4. Why does David feel that Ms. Gold is his angel?
(a) She is his foster parent.
(b) She is his mother.
(c) She is kind to him.
(d) She is mean to him.

5. What does his mother make the boy do in order to prove he didn't steal any food?
(a) Throw up.
(b) Take laxatives.
(c) Sit on the steps.
(d) Stand in the corner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is David hurt by when Roevra visits him?

2. In David's life, who has always been in control of everything?

3. Where does the boy end up when he leaves the Pelzer household?

4. When David goes on a picnic with the Catanzes who did he meet?

5. What does David spend hours doing once he receives his new clothes?

(see the answer key)

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