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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the teacher that David's mother had removed from her position?
(a) Mrs. Ziegler.
(b) Ms. Smith.
(c) Ms. Moss.
(d) Ms. Commons.

2. What does Mr. Zeigler ask David to do after David's presentation at the school?
(a) Go out to dinner.
(b) Go home.
(c) Come back to his house.
(d) Go on a road trip.

3. David, after making a mental plot to kidnap his mother, decides he would never do such a thing. What does he yell internally?
(a) I'm never gonna be like you!
(b) I hate you!
(c) I will make you pay!
(d) I will never forgive you

4. How old is David's son when he leaves for Saudi Arabia?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

5. How old is David's youngest brother Kevin when he goes to visit his mother close to his son's first birthday?
(a) 16.
(b) 18.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

6. After earning his crew wings, what will David's position be in the Air Force?
(a) Ground crew.
(b) Simulations.
(c) Flight cook.
(d) Boom operator.

7. Who is Marsha Donohoe?
(a) David's landlord.
(b) David's new editor from Flordia.
(c) David's account manager from California.
(d) David's new editor from Texas.

8. In August of 1990, what caused David's marital problems to be placed on the back burner?
(a) Operation Desert Storm.
(b) Bush's invasion of Panama.
(c) Hussein's invasion of Kuwait.
(d) Timur's invasion of China.

9. Why is David making the trip to California (the one Patsy accompanies him on)?
(a) To see his mother.
(b) To see Stan.
(c) To see his foster parents.
(d) To see his grandmother.

10. What is one of David's greatest anxieties?
(a) Being in public.
(b) Talking to anyone at any time.
(c) Not paying bills.
(d) Causing stress with Patsy.

11. Where does David work part-time while in the Air Force and giving speeches?
(a) Denny's.
(b) Juvenile hall.
(c) DCFS.
(d) Family courts.

12. What is the name of the stuffed alligator that David buys for his baby?
(a) Alfred.
(b) Walter.
(c) Wally.
(d) Alley.

13. What year do rumors begin to spread throughout the military about severe personnel cutbacks?
(a) 1992.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1993.

14. Who does David remember his mother looking like when he was a child?
(a) Snow White.
(b) Belle.
(c) Cinderella.
(d) Sleeping Beauty.

15. What is the name of the little girl from the neighborhood that David worries about?
(a) Brandy.
(b) Shelly.
(c) Maggie.
(d) Katie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does David tell Patsy he is doing everything that he is (Air Force, volunteering, part-time job)?

2. Where does David, Patsy, and their son make their first family trip to?

3. After Patsy moves in, who does David find out has cancer?

4. What does David tell Patsy he wants to do after getting out of the Air Force?

5. Upon his return to his new base, what does David learn Patsy has done?

(see the answer keys)

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