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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. How old is David's youngest brother Kevin when he goes to visit his mother close to his son's first birthday?
2. What does David find out was the final straw before his teachers called social services?
3. Given how frugally David must live to survive, what does his typical dinner consist of?
4. Why is David making the trip to California (the one Patsy accompanies him on)?
5. Where is the first place David and Patsy drive to together?
Short Essay Questions
1. What rumors that could effect David begin to build around his air base in the spring of 1992?
2. Who does David give the first copies of his book "A Child Called It" to?
3. What happens at David's apartment when leaving Patsy to water the plants and feed his turtle?
4. What happens on David's first qualification flight on the Looking Glass?
5. After all of the problems with David's paperwork in the military, what does Sergeant Blue offer David?
6. Describe the mood at the Mexican restaurant when David and Patsy become engaged.
7. What happens a few weeks before Stephen's first birthday?
8. How does David describe Stephen's feelings about his separation from Patsy?
9. Why is David worried about Katie?
10. Why does David's friend David Howard refuse to stand as David's best man?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss David's need to work with abused children. What do you think this does for David? How does David grow because of his work with abused children? What is the turning point for David that makes him realize that this is the best thing for him to do? When does David realize that he may be making a difference?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Patsy and Marsha. How are these two women similar? How are they different? Are their differences the reason one relationship survives and one fails? How to they both treat David?
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast David's grandmother and mother. How are the two women similar? How are they different? How do they both treat David? Are there any signs in the novel to explain their behaviors?
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