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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 many variations of beautiful are there, to David?
2. Why does David find living with people difficult?
3. What does David realize about King's actions?
4. What does Sophie tell David he is welcome to do?
5. Why did the man allow Johannes to live more freely than other prisoners?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Giovanni's wife want David to leave?
2. Explain why David is disheartened in this chapter.
3. How does David locate Edith, and what happens when he arrives?
4. Explain David's conversation with God when he realizes the farmer has bolted the door, and his resulting revelation.
5. Explain what happens to King.
6. What is the significance of David touching Maria?
7. Describe how David comes to meet Sophie Hartmann, and describe Sophie.
8. Describe how David escapes the stable.
9. Explain what David realizes about milk.
10. Describe the individuals at the farm.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Several times in the novel, David uses water to cleanse himself of various negative events. Choose one of the following examples, and discuss, in depth, how the cleansing David performs symbolizes the cleansing of his spirit and his inner self.
• David's scrubbing after escaping the camp
• David's washing following his beating by Carlo
• David's daily washing in the house of Giovanni
Essay Topic 2
In the novel, "the man" comes to symbolize all things evil and cruel in the world. By the end of the novel, however, it is revealed that "the man" is likely the reason David is alive. Analyze this character in depth. Who is he? How did he treat David? Why did he treat him as he did? What is revealed about him toward the end of the novel? How did he actually help David? Why did he help David? What does this say about David's concept of what is bad?
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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