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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does David say he did to Bruce and his friends while he was crying?
(a) He puked on them.
(b) He threw rocks at them.
(c) He ran away.
(d) He hit Bruce.

2. How does David say he learned that George was arrested?
(a) An article in the paper.
(b) Through a letter.
(c) A phone call.
(d) His mother told him.

3. How does David know his first grade teacher before school begins?
(a) They used to be neighbors.
(b) She was his pre-school teacher.
(c) He goes to her church.
(d) His mother plays cards with her.

4. How does David feel about his teacher, Mrs. Moore?
(a) He doesn't know her well.
(b) He is pleased with her.
(c) He is afraid of her.
(d) He dislikes her.

5. What does Bobbie Lee Taylor say happens when the men who are overseas come home?
(a) They sleep a lot.
(b) They lose their religion.
(c) They don't make any money.
(d) They move back overseas.

6. How do they make a dance floor in the factory for the party?
(a) They put down a new floor.
(b) They use a parking garage.
(c) They set up cubicle dividers.
(d) They move the machines.

7. Why does David's mother worry about his father in "Chapter 5"?
(a) She receives a medal in the mail.
(b) He is in a dangerous country.
(c) He hasn't written in a while.
(d) He says he has been injured.

8. Why does David say he didn't get the name of the last town his train passed in "Chapter 1"?
(a) He wasn't interested.
(b) The train was moving too fast.
(c) They didn't pass a town.
(d) He was sleeping.

9. What does Aunt Mae pack David's lunches in?
(a) Plastic bags.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Brown bags.
(d) Her old purse.

10. Why does the house David and his family move into in "Chapter 2" have little furniture?
(a) They sold their furniture to make money.
(b) The rented their furniture with the house.
(c) The new house is larger than the old one.
(d) They were robbed before they moved.

11. Why does David say it was difficult to play near his new house?
(a) There is no one to play with.
(b) His mother doesn't let him out after dark.
(c) It always rains.
(d) There are snakes.

12. In "Chapter 2," why does David's father need help in the fields?
(a) Because the plow breaks.
(b) Because he is getting older.
(c) Because there is clay in the ground.
(d) Because he wants to turn a profit.

13. When is David's father drafted?
(a) Once the war started.
(b) His father isn't drafted.
(c) Near the end of the war.
(d) Before the war begins.

14. What does Aunt Mae say when questioned about why she didn't go on Bobbie Lee Taylor's stage?
(a) There wasn't enough room.
(b) She knows she is a sinner.
(c) She is too afraid.
(d) She is uncertain.

15. What does everyone at the factory party ask Aunt Mae to do?
(a) Dance.
(b) Stop dancing.
(c) Sing.
(d) Stop singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are David's pants wet in "Chapter 3"?

2. How does the local preacher feel about the Evangelist revival in "Chapter 4"?

3. What does the band that plays at the factory party do when the war is over?

4. In "Chapter 3," why does Mrs. Watkins slap David?

5. How does David's mother learn that David's father died in the war?

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