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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Letter from Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Upon first entering the nurse's office, what does the nurse think is wrong with David?
(a) He has a broken leg.
(b) He has third-degree burns.
(c) He is hyperventilating.
(d) He is losing too much blood.

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

3. According to David's mother, he is not a person. What is he?
(a) A thing.
(b) A waste.
(c) An animal.
(d) An object.

4. What does the enlisting sergeant call David when talking to him about planes?
(a) David.
(b) Dave-O.
(c) Pelz.
(d) Pelz-O.

5. Where is David's plane landing at the end of the second chapter "Fly Away?"
(a) Denver.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) San Antonio.
(d) Dallas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David want his mother to do to him?

2. After examining David, what does the nurse come to find out is David's real injury?

3. What decision does David make during the summer of 1978?

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

5. How does David impress the recruiting officer while filling out his Air Force enlistment papers?

(see the answer key)

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