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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. What does Dave make sure that everyone knows about the scar on his chest?
(a) That is was an accident.
(b) That his mother meant to hurt him.
(c) That his father stabbed him.
(d) That his brother stabbed him.

2. What is the code of Dave's family?
(a) Everyone blames Dave for everything.
(b) Only Mother gets to control Dave
(c) If they don't acknowledge the problem, it does not exist.
(d) Watch each other's back.

3. What does Dave bring himself to eat after he finishes the breakfast dishes one day in Chapter 7, The Lord's Prayer ?
(a) He eats cat food.
(b) He eats leftover pancakes out of the dog's bowl.
(c) He eats the bread his mother threw out to the birds.
(d) He eats food off the floor.

4. How does Dave feel about his father after he tells his father about the stabbing?
(a) His father is a coward.
(b) He is afraid of his father.
(c) He loses all respect for his father.
(d) He loves his father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the piece of driftwood in the Epilogue remind Dave of?

2. How does Dave react when his father says goodbye to him?

3. What contest does Dave win in the fifth grade?

4. How does Dave feel as he looks at the rundown cabin where his family used to vacation?

5. What is the name of Dave's father?

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