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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 do two of Dave's classmates tell him to do when they are on a field trip on a clipper ship?
(a) Tell the police about the abuse.
(b) Jump.
(c) Kill his mother.
(d) Tell the principal about the abuse.

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

3. Who is the bully in Dave's school that beats him up whenever he sees him?
(a) Stan.
(b) Clifford.
(c) Ron.
(d) Kevin.

4. What have the challenges of Dave's past done for him?
(a) Made him timid.
(b) Made him hate himself.
(c) Made him lose his self-confidence.
(d) Made him stronger inside.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dave's father promise him as they talk quietly together in Chapter 6, While Father is Away?

2. What does Dave's mother tell him to do after she changes his bloody clothes in in Chapter 5, The Accident?

3. How does Dave feel about the people around him by Chapter 7, The Lord's Prayer ?

4. What is Dave's punishment for exceeding the allotted time for chores in Chapter 5, The Accident?

5. How does Dave feel about his father after he tells his father about the stabbing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the forms of punishment Dave expects to receive as he turns 11-years-old.

2. In Chapter 6, While Father is Away, what does Dave's father vow he will do for Dave someday?

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

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

5. Explain why Mother suddenly allows Dave to watch television and gives him new clothes to wear in Chapter 6, While Father is Away.

6. How does Dave feel about life in America, as outlined in the Epilogue?

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

8. Explain what Dave eats after he finished the dishes one day in Chapter 7, The Lord's Prayer.

9. Explain why Dave's mother gives him roller skates for Christmas.

10. Describe why Dave is so fascinated with a piece of driftwood that is washing ashore in the Epilogue.

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