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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. Why does David require help getting dressed?

2. What does David buy with his money?

3. What does David find to eat in the truck?

4. What does David fear is in the bundle left by the man?

5. What does David experience following the doctor's visit?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why David doesn't believe he would be good at playing.

2. Explain why David knows so many languages, and how this might be able to help him.

3. Describe David's first prayer.

4. What happens to David's clothes, and what is the result of this? How does he feel?

5. Explain why David plunges through the thicket instead of going around it.

6. Explain why David decides to stay with the family, when asked.

7. Explain why the man on the ship does not turn David in, and how he helps him to escape.

8. Why do the people in town eventually wish to catch David?

9. Explain why David refused the man's money, and why the man hid money in David's bundle.

10. Explain why David is afraid to attempt to hitchhike.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are several instances in the book where the author uses scenery and seasons as metaphors for times within David's own life. This is particularly true in Chapter Seven, as winter gives way to spring. Explain how Anne Holm uses these seasons as metaphors for David's own life.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel there is reference to David's eyes. This is later linked in the novel to the eyes of Edith, his mother. Explain what people see when they look into David's eyes, in terms of why they find his eyes do unique. What in David's life has led him to show the expression in his eyes that he shows? Why does his mother have the same eyes? How does the author use this to link not only their genetics, but their experiences?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, David shows himself to be clearly different than other boys. Pick two ways in which David is different, and discuss them in depth. What are these differences? How are they depicted in the novel? What do these differences stem from? Can David overcome them, or does he need to? Why or why not?

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