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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. In "Chapter 3," what does David's father sell along with some seeds?
(a) A cat.
(b) A rake.
(c) A plow.
(d) His clothing.

2. Where does David sleep at the end of "Chapter 2"?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The couch.
(c) The porch.
(d) The car.

3. What does Bobbie Lee Taylor tell the women to write in letters to their husbands who are overseas in the war?
(a) To remember their religion.
(b) To save their money.
(c) To honor their country.
(d) To avoid foreign women.

4. In "Chapter 3," why does David stop on the way to school to write?
(a) Because he wants to write a novel.
(b) Because he forgot his homework.
(c) Because he wants to write a note to a friend.
(d) Because someone asked him to write a song.

5. What is the first thing David thinks of when he hears his father died?
(a) His face.
(b) His fight with David's mother.
(c) The train.
(d) His plot of land.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aunt Mae pack David's lunches in?

2. Why does David say he would stay inside and play with his train as a child?

3. Why does Bobbie Lee Taylor invite people on stage with him?

4. How do they make a dance floor in the factory for the party?

5. While in the first grade, what does David analyze about Mrs. Watkins in "Chapter 2"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the breakfast like that Aunt Mae prepares in "Chapter 3"?

2. Why does David say Aunt Mae had a hard time fitting in in his small town?

3. What is David's life in school like in the fourth grade?

4. What does Bobbie Lee Taylor talk about during his revival in "Chapter 4"?

5. How does David react to learning that his father died in the war?

6. In "Chapter 3," what does David do when he returns home from school?

7. Why does David sleep outside in "Chapter 2"?

8. What does the strange woman at the end of "Chapter 4" tell David's family?

9. What does David's father try to do with the land at the new house in "Chapter 2"?

10. Why does David say his father wanted him to hang out with other boys as a child?

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