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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does David nearly fall over?
(a) A chair.
(b) A bed.
(c) A precipice.
(d) A car.

2. Why does the driver not want to go past Faido?
(a) There are police patrols.
(b) He is tired.
(c) The weather is bad.
(d) He doesn't want to go father.

3. What does David ask the priest for?
(a) A view of a map.
(b) Food.
(c) His blessing.
(d) Water.

4. What does David avoid entering Germany?
(a) A lake.
(b) A road.
(c) A jeep.
(d) A frontier post.

5. With which child does David feel most at ease?
(a) Carlo.
(b) Maria.
(c) Giovanni.
(d) Andrea.

6. How does the mother say David hates Carlo?
(a) As a man hates an animal.
(b) As a child hates another child.
(c) As a man hates a woman.
(d) As a grown man hates another man.

7. How many variations of beautiful are there, to David?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Three.

8. Why does David ask for books made prior to 1917?
(a) He wants books from before he was born.
(b) He wants books made before he went to the camp.
(c) He wants to be sure what is in them is valid.
(d) He wants books prior to the current year.

9. What does Edith call David when she sees him?
(a) Sweetheart.
(b) Boy.
(c) My son.
(d) Angel.

10. Why did the man allow Johannes to live more freely than other prisoners?
(a) Because he was taking care of David.
(b) Because he was his mother's brother.
(c) Because he was David's brother.
(d) Because he was David's father.

11. What does David start to believe he is?
(a) An important hostage.
(b) A king.
(c) A normal child.
(d) A prince.

12. What does the man give to David once they reach Frankfurt?
(a) A ride.
(b) Water.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

13. How does David learn about countries?
(a) He attends school.
(b) The family has a globe.
(c) The parents tell him everything he needs to know.
(d) He finds an encyclopedia.

14. Why does David want to see France?
(a) The man was from France.
(b) Sophie was from France.
(c) Johannes was from France.
(d) Edith was from France.

15. Why does David feel how one speaks is important?
(a) It shows how one thinks.
(b) It shows how wealthy one is.
(c) It shows how educated one is.
(d) It shows how honest one is.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David realize about King's actions?

2. Where does David claim to be from when the woman who drives him asks?

3. Why doesn't David like to play with the others?

4. What does David realize the man in camp had been forcing him to drink?

5. What does the mother do that David dislikes?

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