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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. Why does the farmer decide the boy must go?
(a) He is of no use to the farmer.
(b) He is too expensive to feed.
(c) He has "a hold" on the dog.
(d) He is no longer working.

2. What does Maria ask David to do?
(a) Stay.
(b) Come back.
(c) Leave.
(d) Kiss her.

3. Who does David credit for his escape?
(a) Himself.
(b) Sophie.
(c) God.
(d) King.

4. How does David plan to escape?
(a) By cutting a hole in the wall, and digging through the snow.
(b) By asking the farmer to release him.
(c) By killing the farmer.
(d) By sneaking away at night.

5. What originally alerts David to the fact that he must leave soon?
(a) He realizes the parents are Nazis.
(b) He realizes he is alone.
(c) He realizes he is far from Denmark.
(d) He realizes they are coming for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what aspect does David feel Carlo's parents were wrong about him?

2. What comforts David in Chapter Eight?

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

4. What does David realize he has found that has changed him forever?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how David comes to meet Sophie Hartmann, and describe Sophie.

2. Why does Giovanni's wife want David to leave?

3. Why does David have such difficulty understanding the young boys he has come to live with?

4. What does David find out about a woman named Edith Fengel.

5. Describe the individuals at the farm.

6. Describe the frontier post, and how David managed to avoid it.

7. Explain David's conversation with God when he realizes the farmer has bolted the door, and his resulting revelation.

8. Explain what Sophie means by "someone has broken his spirit".

9. Explain David's opinion about ruling over others.

10. What is the significance of David touching Maria?

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