View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the disgusting punishment Dave's mother invents for him when the family is vacationing at the Russian River in in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food?
(a) She pushes a soiled diaper in his face, telling him to eat it.
(b) She forces him to eat rotten food.
(c) She forces him to eat worms from the garden.
(d) She forces him to clean Russell's diaper with his bare hands.

2. What does Dave's mother make him and his brothers to do for hours at a time in Chapter 3, Bad Boy?
(a) Clean the basement.
(b) Search the entire house for things she has lost.
(c) Wash the floors.
(d) Wash every piece of silverware over and over.

3. What is Dave's mother's reaction when she finds out he has been stealing lunches at school?
(a) She tapes his mouth shut.
(b) She makes him eat until he is sick.
(c) She doesn't feed him all weekend.
(d) She makes him eat his food off the floor.

4. Who checks for new injuries on Dave every morning before school starts?
(a) Mr. Zeigler.
(b) The principal.
(c) Miss Woods.
(d) The school nurse.

5. What is Dave's plan when he cannot steal food from school anymore?
(a) He gets food out of the dumpster.
(b) He leaves the school and steals from stores.
(c) He breaks into the snack machine.
(d) He steals it from stores on the way to school.

6. 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 school office and is then sent to the nurse.
(d) He goes to the lunch room for milk.

7. Why does Dave's mother burn his arm on the gas stove?
(a) She finds out he told a lie.
(b) She is angry that he didn't brush his teeth.
(c) She is angry that he got home late.
(d) She says that he played on the grass at school.

8. Dave's mother comes after him as he sits in his chair in the bedroom in Chapter 3, Bad Boy. What does she do to him?
(a) She tells him she is sorry.
(b) She brushes his hair.
(c) She hits him over and over and dislocates his shoulder.
(d) She gives him a hug.

9. What does Dave's mother force him to drink that burns the flesh from his mouth?
(a) Lye.
(b) Dish Soap.
(c) Ammonia.
(d) Clorox.

10. How does Dave save himself from being forced to lie across the stove?
(a) He stalls for time until his brother gets home.
(b) He begs for forgiveness.
(c) He promises to be good.
(d) He tells his mother that he loves her.

11. What does Dave say when people at school ask him the cause of his bruises?
(a) He makes up lies on the spot.
(b) He mumbles incoherently.
(c) He always says that he is clumsy and falls a lot.
(d) He uses ready-made excuses his mother told him.

12. What does Dave fantasize about as he lies in bed at night in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food?
(a) A way out of the house.
(b) Running away.
(c) A huge cheeseburger with all the fixings.
(d) A huge chocolate cake.

13. What is Dave's favorite place in Golden Gate Park?
(a) The reflecting pool.
(b) The Steinhart Aquarium.
(c) The carousel.
(d) The beautiful flower gardens.

14. How does Dave do with his school work in Chapter 3, Bad Boy?
(a) He never finishes his school work.
(b) He gets more happy faces than everyone else in the class.
(c) He leaves his papers blank.
(d) He gets bad grades on all his papers.

15. Why does Dave's mother push his face into the counter in Chapter 1, The Rescue?
(a) She hears him using foul language.
(b) She catches him with his hands out of the dish water.
(c) She sees him hurting his brother.
(d) He sasses her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dave's father do when his mother decides Santa would not be coming to Dave?

2. 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?

3. What is Dave's mother's biggest asset?

4. Why is Dave afraid to give his mother's phone number to the authorities?

5. During the good years, when do the holidays begin for Dave's family?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 780 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample