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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, While Father is Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dave dream on the night his stab wound infection is cleaned?
(a) He dreams that he drowns in the sea.
(b) He dreams that he kills his mother.
(c) He dreams he fall from a cliff.
(d) He dreams he is Superman.

2. What is Dave's frame of mind during the summer of 1971?
(a) Hateful.
(b) Vengeful.
(c) Still hopeful.
(d) Low morale.

3. Why does Dave not mind running to school in the morning?
(a) He can get there early enough to steal food from other children's lunch bags.
(b) He likes to get to school early and talk to the teachers
(c) He likes to stay in shape for the track team.
(d) He can play tag with the other children in the schoolyard.

4. What is the first thing Dave does when he gets to school in Chapter 1, The Rescue?
(a) He goes to the auditorium for assembly.
(b) He goes to his homeroom.
(c) He goes to the lunch room for milk.
(d) He goes to the school office and is then sent to the nurse.

5. What does Dave's mother tell him in Chapter 1, The Rescue to say happened to his face?
(a) He ran into a door.
(b) His brother hit him.
(c) The dog jumped on him.
(d) He fell down the stairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dave's father promise him as they talk quietly together in Chapter 6, While Father is Away?

2. Chapter 2, Good Times, what does Dave's mother tell Dave and his brothers they should always do?

3. What is Dave thinking as he looks at his stab wound and sits at the bottom of the stairs?

4. What is Dave's mother's name?

5. What does Dave think about 'the accident' with his mother when he regains consciousness?

(see the answer key)

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