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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does David spend hours doing once he receives his new clothes?
(a) Throwing them on the floor.
(b) Hiding them from the other foster children.
(c) Cutting them up to design his own style.
(d) Rearranging them in his dresser.

2. What is David hurt by when Roevra visits him?
(a) Her hug.
(b) Her lack of acknowledgment towards him.
(c) Her hateful words.
(d) Her gifts.

3. What did David feel like towards his family as he rode to his trial?
(a) A traitor.
(b) A liar.
(c) A fool.
(d) A hero.

4. On the way to his trial, David wonders what will happen to his...?
(a) Mother.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Brothers.
(d) Father.

5. After the trial, David's mother warns him to be 'a good boy! A better boy!' and to have a 'happy life'. What other piece of advice does she give him?
(a) She tells him to enjoy his freedom.
(b) She tells him this is a new beginning.
(c) She tells him to get in the car.
(d) She tells him to run-away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is David relieved when Mr. Zeigler tells him he's going to tell the class about his abuse?

2. Who was Ms. Gold?

3. What did David's mother say at the trial?

4. What does David have trouble making at Aunt Mary's house?

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

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