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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. What is the animal's name?
(a) Prince.
(b) Queen.
(c) Princess.
(d) King.

2. What does David see in a newspaper?
(a) A letter to him from the parents.
(b) A letter to him from Maria.
(c) A letter to him from the man.
(d) A letter to him from Carlo.

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

4. Why does David find living with people difficult?
(a) They are all intelligent.
(b) They expect nothing of him, and he is used to working.
(c) They are all cruel.
(d) They expect things of him he wouldn't normally do.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has David become depressed?

2. What does David do to explain his departure to the parents?

3. How does David earn money in these places?

4. Why does David stay so long in the house?

5. What does the mother say the father should not worry about when searching for somewhere to send David?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Explain what happens to King.

5. Explain what David realizes about milk.

6. How does David cross into Denmark?

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

8. Explain David's experience within the church.

9. Explain why David asks God to spare King, and kill him instead.

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

(see the answer keys)

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