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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Lord's Prayer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dave feel when he is not allowed to go camping?
(a) He is glad to be away from his mother.
(b) He is happier than he has been in a long time.
(c) Like a free man.
(d) Like an outcast.

2. What happens to Dave in the winter of 1973, while he is in his classroom?
(a) He runs from the classroom screaming and slams the door behind him.
(b) He slaps another student.
(c) He wins the spelling bee.
(d) He screams at the teacher.

3. How does Dave eventually get food at home in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food?
(a) He takes it out of the garbage.
(b) He begs his mother for scraps.
(c) He begs his brothers for food.
(d) He gets up at night and sneaks it out of the refrigerator.

4. Dave's mother pushes her finger down his throat, forcing him to vomit up the frozen food he stole at school. What does she do then?
(a) She forces him to eat rotten garbage.
(b) She forces him to kneel on the kitchen floor all night.
(c) She makes him stand in the corner.
(d) She forces him to eat the vomited food.

5. How does Dave manage to steal food from his classmates?
(a) He grabs the lunch bags of the smaller children.
(b) He grabs food right off the lunch tables.
(c) Before school while his classmates are outside playing.
(d) He sneaks into the lockers before lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the occupation of Dave's father?

2. By Chapter 7, The Lord's Prayer, when does Dave believe he will be free of his mother?

3. How does Dave feel about the people around him by Chapter 7, The Lord's Prayer ?

4. What kind of a housekeeper is Dave's mother during the good times?

5. What does Dave say when people at school ask him the cause of his bruises?

(see the answer key)

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