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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where did Dave live at the beginning of the book?
(a) New York.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Virginia.
(d) Pennsylvania.
2. How did Dave's church help him in his quest?
(a) Took up a collection to cover expenses.
(b) Took his children to care for while he was gone.
(c) Packed his car with food.
(d) Prayed with him.
3. Who calms Maria?
(a) Delia.
(b) Gwen.
(c) Alonzo.
(d) Dave.
4. What did Dave do to decide what he was supposed to do about the picture he saw?
(a) He called the police department.
(b) He talked to his brother.
(c) He studied books on gangs.
(d) He went into intense, trusting prayer.
5. How did some people in his hometown react when Dave returned home?
(a) Disparaging.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Cold and rejecting.
(d) Enthusiastic.
6. What is happening to the families of the Dragon Gang?
(a) They are receiving threats.
(b) They are being hassled by the police.
(c) They are being given money.
(d) Nothing is happening.
7. What does Dave's grandfather tell him to remember?
(a) A lesson from the Bible.
(b) How to talk to your superiors.
(c) How to catch honey bees.
(d) What to do when faced with a blank wall.
8. What does Gwen say people shouldn't pray for?
(a) Anything that is selfish.
(b) A job and new house.
(c) Miracles if they don't believe in them.
(d) Massive conversions among the gangs.
9. What did Dave do at the end of the trial's first morning?
(a) Talked to the boys' parents.
(b) Talked to the bailiff.
(c) Talked to the sheriff.
(d) Pushed his way in to see the judge.
10. What does Dave say putting his vision into place will require?
(a) A series of miracles.
(b) 2.3 million dollars.
(c) Moving his family to New York.
(d) Being able to speak Spanish.
11. When thinking about returning to New York how does Dave feel?
(a) Ready to leave immediately.
(b) Excited.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Resistant.
12. Who does Dave contact at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) His wife.
(b) His brother.
(c) A mother of a boy in the Dragon Gang.
(d) A father of a boy in the Crisp Gang.
13. What did the first parent of the teenage boys tell Dave?
(a) He had read about him and hoped he would meet him.
(b) He thought his son should be in prison.
(c) He was an atheist and didn't like pastors.
(d) He would never sign.
14. What does Dave decide is the reason teenagers join gangs?
(a) Out of a sense of deep loneliness and feeling unloved.
(b) They like the violence.
(c) To rebell against their parents.
(d) They like the drugs.
15. What does Dave's wife remind him when he tells her of the rally?
(a) That she has accomplished something too.
(b) That he was supposed to be home.
(c) That he was sure it was going to be a failure.
(d) That she told him it would be fine.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Gwen feel about Dave staying in New York?
2. Why does Maria visit Dave at the Ortez' house?
3. What does Dave say was a prayer-based miracle about getting signatures from the parents?
4. Who does Dave encounter after getting his first signature?
5. Who was he determined to see in New York?
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