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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 was David's response when the judge asked him where he would like to live?
(a) David says he wants to live with Ms. Gold.
(b) David says he wants to live with the judge.
(c) David says he wants to live with his father.
(d) David says he wants to live with his mother.

2. David hugs his mother good-bye after his trial. How did David feel about the hug?
(a) He felt it was sincere.
(b) He felt like it was a mistake.
(c) He felt it was fake.
(d) He felt nothing.

3. What was a normal part of the evening routine at the Pelzer household?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Prescription pills.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Alcohol.

4. What lie was told to the police officer by Father?
(a) The boy and his mother had an argument over what to eat for dinner.
(b) The boy and his mother had an argument over riding a bicycle.
(c) The boy and his mother had an argument over cleaning the kitchen.
(d) The boy and his mother had an argument over the televison commercials.

5. At his trial David wrote a note. To whom did he give the note?
(a) His mother.
(b) The judge.
(c) Aunt Mary
(d) Ms. Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. When David is at the hospital, the doctor puts cream on David's arms and tells him it's "too late to cover them." Why would the doctor tell David that?

2. David is used to stealing food, who does he begin to steal food from while at Aunt Mary's?

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

4. How old was the boy when he was first placed into foster care?

5. When the story begins, what was the boy forced to sleep on?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In The Run Away Chapter, why does David feel he deserves his punishments?

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

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

6. In The Run Away Chapter, why does David thrive for the hours he is away from the house?

7. What makes the note David wrote in The Trial significant?

8. What item becomes David's obsession at The Catanze's?

9. In An Angel named Ms. Gold, what did the police officer tell David's mother?

10. Why does David dread commercial breaks?

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