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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Fight for Food.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dave feel about telling the story of his injuries in Chapter 1, The Rescue?
(a) He wants to get his mother arrested.
(b) He is afraid that he will be blamed.
(c) He wants to tell everyone what happened.
(d) He is reluctant to talk.

2. Beginning in Chapter 3, Bad Boy, what does Dave's mother do on the days his father is away at work?
(a) She lies on the couch all day, watching television in her bathrobe.
(b) She volunteers at the hospital.
(c) She volunteers at the school.
(d) She goes on shopping sprees all day.

3. What are Dave and his brothers allowed to do on Christmas Eve in Chapter 2, Good Times?
(a) Make cookies.
(b) Wait for Santa until they fall asleep.
(c) Open one present.
(d) Stay up late.

4. What are the contents of the lunch Dave's mother has been making him every day for three years?
(a) Two jelly sandwiches and an apple.
(b) Two tuna sandwiches and an apple.
(c) Two peanut butter sandwiches and carrot sticks.
(d) Two bologna sandwiches and carrot sticks.

5. What happens to Dave when he forgets what his mother sent him to do in Chapter 3, Bad Boy?
(a) He is sent to bed without supper.
(b) He gets sent to his room.
(c) He gets banned from the house.
(d) She slaps him in the face, giving him a bloody nose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dave's mother push his face into the counter in Chapter 1, The Rescue?

2. What is Dave's favorite place in the world to go during vacation, according to Chapter 2, Good Times?

3. What does Dave's mother teach him in a small trenched hole at the Russian River?

4. Where is Dave taken after the meeting in Mr. Hansen's office?

5. What is Dave's mother's reaction when she receives a call from the principal about Dave's condition in in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food?

(see the answer key)

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