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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. According to Aunt Jane, times were different in the past and nicknamed what?
2. What is the date of the second chapter "Fly Away?"
3. What happened to the home of David's mother while he was in Egypt?
4. What causes David's father to be hospitalized?
5. Where is David's plane landing at the end of the second chapter "Fly Away?"
Short Essay Questions
1. While looking around his mother's bedroom, what is he surprised to find after seven years?
2. In Chapter 1 entitled "The End," what happens when David finally lashes out verbally against his mother?
3. Why does David choose to stay at the dorms rather than go out with the other soldiers?
4. How does David impress the Air Force sergeant assigned to his enlistment paperwork?
5. David has the chance to leave for basic training in either one day or the following week. Why does David choose to leave in a week for basic training?
6. What is the only way that David knows how to deal with his father's death?
7. Why is David sweating while on the plane to San Antonio?
8. David's grandmother denies abusing his mother. What did his grandmother do to her daughter as a child?
9. How did David deal with his Mother's abuse as a child?
10. Patsy gives David a lot of trouble about not going out with her in Chapter 6 entitled "Regroup." How does David justify to Patsy not going out and doing anything fun?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss David's need to work with abused children. What do you think this does for David? How does David grow because of his work with abused children? What is the turning point for David that makes him realize that this is the best thing for him to do? When does David realize that he may be making a difference?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the importance of David's son Stephen. Why is Stephen so important to David? Why is David willing to sacrifice everything for his son? Is this David's way of showing the world that he is not a "bad person?" How does Stephen save David?
Essay Topic 3
David's mother always refuses to admit that she abused him as a child. Discuss David's mother's reasoning behind her "discipline." Be sure to address the following questions as part of the essay:
-Why does his mother continue to deny the abuse?
-Why does she admit to stabbing him but only to say it was an accident?
-Does she justify her "discipline?"
-Is there anything from her past that would make her think that she really did not abuse David and that her "discipline" was normal?
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