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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Dave's punishment for exceeding the allotted time for chores in Chapter 5, The Accident?
(a) A slap.
(b) A burn from the stove.
(c) No food.
(d) A kick.

2. What changes about Dave's sleeping habits in Chapter 7, The Lord's Prayer ?
(a) He can't sleep at all.
(b) He sleeps as much as he can.
(c) He dreams he escapes every night.
(d) He no longer dreams.

3. By Chapter 7, The Lord's Prayer, how does Dave tolerate physical pain?
(a) Even light slaps feel like torture.
(b) He is disconnected from it.
(c) He can barely stand it.
(d) It is worse than ever.

4. What contest does Dave win in the fifth grade?
(a) Naming the school newspaper.
(b) The spelling bee.
(c) The jump rope contest.
(d) The rope climb.

5. What type of people does Dave meet after he is rescued?
(a) Abusive people.
(b) People who blame him for his abuse.
(c) Criminals.
(d) People who teach him to make the right choices.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dave's mother feel after she stabs him?

2. Dave's mother offers him food after many days in Chapter 6, While Father is Away. What does she do when he is about to eat it?

3. Who does Dave rely upon when he needs encouragement and strength, according to the Epilogue?

4. Near the end of summer in Chapter 6, While Father is Away, what does Dave's mother send him to do?

5. What career choice does Dave make as an adult?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize what Dave wants from his life now that he is free in the Epilogue.

2. Explain why Dave's morale is low in the summer of 1971.

3. Describe the people Dave encounters after he is rescued.

4. Summarize the incidents that happen to Dave on the day his mother takes his brothers to the zoo.

5. Explain the new punishment Dave's mother invents for him in Chapter 5, While Father is Away, and how he survives it.

6. Summarize Mother's reaction when she receives a letter from Mr. Zeigler praising Dave's efforts in school.

7. Describe what Dave has to do while the rest of the family eats in the summer of 1971.

8. How does Dave look positively at his abusive past?

9. Summarize Russell's attitude toward Dave, as described in Chapter 5, The Accident.

10. Describe where Dave brings his son in the Epilogue and his emotions at that time.

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