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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue, Sonoma County, California.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often does Dave receive dinner during the summer of 1971?
(a) Every day.
(b) Every four days.
(c) Once every other day.
(d) Once every three days.

2. Where is Dave taken after the meeting in Mr. Hansen's office?
(a) To his father's workplace.
(b) The police station.
(c) Home.
(d) Back to his classroom.

3. What is Dave's mother's favorite weapon against him?
(a) Slaps with a leather belt.
(b) Open handed slaps.
(c) Withholding food.
(d) Kicks to the thighs.

4. How does Dave's relationship with his mother change in Chapter 3, Bad Boy?
(a) From discipline to indifference.
(b) From discipline to punishment.
(c) From indifference to punishment.
(d) From punishment to leniency.

5. What does the piece of driftwood in the Epilogue remind Dave of?
(a) His mother sinking into drunkenness.
(b) His former life.
(c) His father giving up on him.
(d) His attitude toward his new life.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dave's mother refer to him by in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food?

2. How does Dave's mother look on a typical day?

3. Why does Dave's mother burn his arm on the gas stove?

4. What does the principal give to Dave after the meeting in his office?

5. As Dave watches an old piece of driftwood as it washes ashore, what does he imagine the wood is trying to do?

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