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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Patsy miss the presentation to college students that she accompanies David on?

2. What is the name of the stuffed alligator that David buys for his baby?

3. What was the name of David's juvenile officer?

4. How old is David's son when he leaves for Saudi Arabia?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. After all of the problems with David's paperwork in the military, what does Sergeant Blue offer David?

2. How does Patsy lose David's trust completely?

3. What do David and Stephen do together on Stephen's first two-week stay with David?

4. Who does David give the first copies of his book "A Child Called It" to?

5. What does David realize when his mother says, "It was an accident?"

6. What are David's thoughts as he is performing his first re-fuel on the Blackbird?

7. How does David describe Stephen's feelings about his separation from Patsy?

8. Why does David's friend David Howard refuse to stand as David's best man?

9. What causes David to erupt after reading a news article?

10. During his first family trip, David goes to see his mother. Why is David shocked by his mother's home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the similarities between Patsy and David's mother. Do you think these similarities have anything to do with their relationship failing? Do you think that David was trying to make up for the bad relationship he had with his mother in dating/marrying Patsy? Do you think that David was trying to save Patsy from herself because he could not save his mother?

Essay Topic 2

David's mother always refuses to admit that she abused him as a child. Discuss David's mother's reasoning behind her "discipline." Be sure to address the following questions as part of the essay:

-Why does his mother continue to deny the abuse?

-Why does she admit to stabbing him but only to say it was an accident?

-Does she justify her "discipline?"

-Is there anything from her past that would make her think that she really did not abuse David and that her "discipline" was normal?

Essay Topic 3

David's father's fireman's badge is very important to him. In an essay, discuss the importance of the badge. Why does David's father's badge mean so much to him? What does the badge symbolize? Does the badge symbolize a crutch or a way out?

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