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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 item did David's Mother once force him to eat as punishment.
(a) Soap.
(b) Dog feces.
(c) Cigarettes.
(d) Dirt.

2. What does David have trouble making at Aunt Mary's house?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Toys.
(c) Friends.
(d) Money.

3. Who does David end up spilling his guts to about his abuse after Roerva's visit.
(a) Lilian.
(b) Tony.
(c) Big Larry.
(d) Rudy.

4. Ms. Gold tells David that if he doesn't tell the truth, he will have to go back and live with his mother. What somber response does David give her?
(a) David tells her that no one can prevent that anyway.
(b) David tells her it's okay. He wants to go home.
(c) David tells her to mind her own business.
(d) David tells her his mother is abusing his brothers.

5. David is used to stealing food, who does he begin to steal food from while at Aunt Mary's?
(a) His classmates.
(b) Aunt Mary.
(c) The other foster children.
(d) His teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lilian punish David when he breaks her rules?

2. David is taken to a psychiatrist, what name does the psychiatrist insist on calling David?

3. Where did the boy often have to sit for hours?

4. Who did David ride to court with for his abuse trial?

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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What prompts the psychiatrist to report that David has anger issues?

2. When the judge asked David where he wanted to live, David became overwhelmed by two emotions towards his mother. What were they?

3. After his mother's visit to Aunt Mary's, David changed the story he told Ms. Gold. Why did David change his story?

4. In Chapter 1, David gives a description of his home life and calls himself his "Mother's prisoner." Give three examples of how David was his "Mother's prisoner."

5. David and Big Larry come up with a plan. What was the plan called, and what were the details of the plan?

6. In An Angel named Ms. Gold, how did David react when Aunt Mary grabbed his arm?

7. When David first arrived at Aunt Mary's, what was his response to the other foster children when they asked "what he was in for?"

8. In New Beginnings, what does Tony do for David?

9. David notes in the chapter entitled Adrift, that Rudy seems angry at him. Why is Rudy angry with David?

10. In the chapter entitled Adrift, what did David think when his visitor didn't show up at the appointed time?

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