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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dave find food after being confined in the garage for hours in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food?
(a) He eats food from the freezer.
(b) He eats food out of the garbage can.
(c) He eats food that he hid in his pocket.
(d) He eats food left for the cat.

2. What form of punishment does Dave get after his mother decides sitting in the corner is no longer effective?
(a) He has to stand on a chair in the corner.
(b) He has to write a hundred times that he is a bad boy.
(c) He has to stand with his face pushed into the mirror, repeating over and over that he is a bad boy.
(d) He has to remain silent for the entire day.

3. For what reason does Dave think he has been called into the principal's office in Chapter 1, The Rescue?
(a) Because he was talking in class.
(b) Because he forgot his homework.
(c) To be given a detention for being late.
(d) To be arrested for stealing.

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

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

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

7. When Dave is called back to the office from his classroom in Chapter 1, The Rescue, who is there to see him?
(a) His mother and Mr. Hansen.
(b) His mother and father.
(c) His mother and brothers.
(d) A policeman, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Zeigler, and Miss Woods.

8. Once school starts again in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food, what is Dave's mother feeding him?
(a) No breakfast and a full dinner.
(b) Leftover cereal for breakfast and a regular dinner.
(c) Stale bread.
(d) Leftover cereal from his brothers and no dinner.

9. After the chair incident, what does Dave's mother tell the doctor and Dave's father happened to Dave?
(a) He fell down the stairs.
(b) He fell out of bed.
(c) He fell off his bike.
(d) He fell out of a tree.

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

11. Why does Dave want to finish washing the dishes as quickly as possible in Chapter 1, The Rescue?
(a) So he can have his brother's leftover breakfast.
(b) So he can make his bed.
(c) So he can finish his homework.
(d) So he can play ball before school.

12. What does Dave's mother tell the principal in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food?
(a) Dave hurts himself and makes up wild stories.
(b) Dave gets into fights in the neighborhood.
(c) Dave is always falling down.
(d) Dave's brothers hurt him.

13. How does Dave's mother refer to him by in Chapter 4, The Fight for Food?
(a) David.
(b) Davie.
(c) The boy.
(d) The brat.

14. When does Dave's mother start decorating for the Christmas holidays in Chapter 2, Good Times?
(a) Right after Halloween.
(b) The week before Christmas.
(c) The day after Thanksgiving.
(d) Christmas Eve.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Dave's favorite place in Golden Gate Park?

2. Who is Dave's best friend when he repeats first grade?

3. What does Dave decide to do when he realizes that he finally beat his mother in Chapter 3, Bad Boy?

4. In Chapter 2, Good Times, when does Dave's mom hug him, giving him a feeling of warmth and safety?

5. Who does Dave compare his family to before the abuse started?

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