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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 does the mother do that David dislikes?

2. Who comes with David as he escapes the farmhouse?

3. How does David plan to escape?

4. What does David ask the woman about Denmark?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain how being kept a slave on the farm is beneficial to David.

2. Describe the individuals at the farm.

3. How does David cross into Denmark?

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

5. Why does David stop caring consciously about what happens to him, and how does he manage to keep going?

6. Explain what David realizes about milk.

7. Explain what happens to King.

8. Why does David now believe the man kept him in the concentration camp, only to take care of him and eventually let him go?

9. Explain why David doesn't like dogs, and how his friendship with King develops.

10. What is the significance of David touching Maria?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Another popular theme in the novel is the power of faith, both in mankind and in God. Discuss the role faith plays in the novel, both in terms of its power to help, and its power to destroy when faith is lost.

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is used extensively throughout the novel to help indicate future events. Choose two examples of foreshadowing, and discuss how these examples indicate events to occur within the novel. Do you think the author uses foreshadowing effectively? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, the value of freedom and independent choice is a primary theme in the novel. Choose one of the following examples, and discuss it in detail. Explain not only the situation, but how the situation embodies the theme of freedom and value of independent thought.

• David's reaction to Angelo's dilemma of whom to marry

• David's decision to walk across the road on page 35.

• David's letter to Giovanni and his wife

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