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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. When David is 15, he feels that the countdown to his 18th birthday has begun. He knows when he is 18 he will have to leave the foster care system. What step does David take to prepare for this event?
(a) David begins working.
(b) David does nothing to prepare for this event.
(c) David begins begging for an allowance.
(d) David begins stealing.

2. After David leaves the Jones' foster home, which foster home did he revisit?
(a) The Nulls'.
(b) The Golds'.
(c) The Turnboughs'.
(d) The Cantanzes'.

3. 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.'

4. Who do Carlos and David bump into while at an elementary school near their middle school?
(a) Russell, David's brother.
(b) John, David's brother.
(c) Kevin, David's brother.
(d) Rick, David's brother.

5. David begins to see a new psychiatrist during his time with the Turnboughs. Who is his new doctor?
(a) Harold Turnbough.
(b) Donald Roberson.
(c) Stephen Pelzer.
(d) Alice Turnbough.

Short Answer Questions

1. What information does David's second visitor at the Hill tell him?

2. What did David and Harold begin to argue over in the "Coming Around" chapter?

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

4. David's father says he can forgive David for causing the family problems, but what can't he forgive him for?

5. Where did Rudy threaten to take David if he didn't change his attitude?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the Break Away chapter, David was living with the Turnboughs again. Did David ever go back and visit his friends on Duinsmoore Drive?

2. Why did David ask to be removed from the Walshes' household?

3. Why didn't anyone believe David when he said he didn't start the fire?

4. David is again placed with the Turnboughs. David informs Alice that this is where he belongs. One day David realizes that he cannot preform a simple life skills task, and begs Alice to teach him. What was the task, and what happened when David attempted the task?

5. When David becomes a model student at the Hill, what does he achieve?

6. How does David react to the school secretary's remarks about foster children?

7. Who told David that they would do whatever it takes to help him?

8. In the Break Away chapter, David visits the Russian River once again. What did David take with him, and why was it important?

9. What two items did David accidentally leave behind at the Catanze's?

10. What information did Uncle Lee give to David about Stephen, his father?

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