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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 animal befriends David in the stable?
2. What does Sophie tell David he is welcome to do?
3. What does David equate to the word want?
4. What does David ask the priest for?
5. What is the woman's name?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the frontier post, and how David managed to avoid it.
2. What does David say in his letter to Carlo?
3. Explain the newspaper letter David reads, and why it is important to him.
4. What does David find out about a woman named Edith Fengel.
5. Explain David's conversation with God when he realizes the farmer has bolted the door, and his resulting revelation.
6. Why does David have such difficulty understanding the young boys he has come to live with?
7. Explain David's opinion about ruling over others.
8. Explain David's experience within the church.
9. Describe the individuals at the farm.
10. Why does David now believe the man kept him in the concentration camp, only to take care of him and eventually let him go?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The title of the novel, "I Am David", has great meaning within the novel, as David uses the phrase several times. What does David means when he declares "I Am David"? How does this phrase relate to the progression of the novel? How does it relate to the growth of David's character?
Essay Topic 2
In the novel, David comes to realize he can never be a normal boy. Analyze this statement in detail. What aspects of life cause David to state this? Is he correct? Why or why not? Do you think he can ever be a normal child? Why? What in his background could prevent him from achieving any sense of normalcy? Do you think finding his mother will help? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
There are many references in the novel to the power of "them", without actual description of who "they" really are. Choose three instances where the author gives information about "them", and explain the reference in detail. What is said about "them"? What does the reference indicate about who "they" might be? How does the author use these vague descriptions to impose a feeling of unfocused dread?
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