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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 begging for an allowance.
(b) David begins working.
(c) David does nothing to prepare for this event.
(d) David begins stealing.

2. What did Lilian tell David about his turtle on the ride home to The Cantanzes' house?
(a) She said it ran away.
(b) She said it died.
(c) She said it was soup.
(d) She said she gave it to another child.

3. What does David begin to turn off because of all the drama that's been in his life?
(a) His hearing,
(b) His emotions.
(c) His fears.
(d) His understanding,

4. 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 Trailerpark.'
(c) He calls it 'The Cookie-cutter.'
(d) He calls it 'The Ghetto.'

5. What arrangements did Gordan have to make for David because he couldn't find a foster home for him?
(a) David had to stay at the Cantanzes'.
(b) David had to stay with Gordan.
(c) David had to stay at the Hill.
(d) David had to stay with his mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who called David the day before he left for the Air Force?

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

3. While living with the Jones, David becomes best friends with what person?

4. After the failed plan, what does David beg John to do?

5. What did Uncle Lee say destroyed Stephen?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the Estranged chapter, David meets his brother and they decide to meet again the next day. Describe in detail what happened when David tried to find his brother after school the next day.

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

3. Late in the chapter entitled The Defiant One, after David returns to the Catanze's for the second time, what one fact does David cling to when Rudy is yelling at him?

4. When living with the Turnboughs, why did David have an issue with Bruce?

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

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

7. Give an example to support David's belief that his time at the Hill was a positive experience.

8. What is "The Hill?"

9. Why did David feel responsible for the Nulls' divorce?

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

(see the answer keys)

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