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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Slip Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item of his father's does David take from the coat in the closet?
(a) His father's admittance papers.
(b) His father's medicine.
(c) His father's badge.
(d) His father's medical card.

2. Why does David refuse to say anything bad about his mother to the nurse?
(a) Because she is sick.
(b) Because he claims no one wins against her.
(c) Because she will die.
(d) Because she will deny everything.

3. During David's nightmares, how does he see his mother?
(a) In a hospital room.
(b) Holding her arms out to welcome him into an embrace.
(c) In a grave.
(d) Standing like a statue at the end of a hall.

4. Who wrote the letter that David wished he never received?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His foster mother.

5. How does David impress the recruiting officer while filling out his Air Force enlistment papers?
(a) By his schooling.
(b) By his courage.
(c) By his physical strength.
(d) By his knowledge of planes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is David sick at the beginning of the second chapter?

2. On the day that David runs late for the hospital, what lie does David tell his father?

3. Where is David's plane landing at the end of the second chapter "Fly Away?"

4. What does David's mother tell her mother (David's grandmother) that David did when he visited?

5. Who is David's "bunk buddy" in the Air Force?

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