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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 sport does David's son enjoy playing?

2. What is the name of the new plane that David is going to work with?

3. According to the newspaper article regarding the father killing his son, for how long is the man sentenced?

4. Where do David and Patsy move to soon after they marry?

5. After earning his crew wings, what will David's position be in the Air Force?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Patsy do for David during their separation that surprises him?

2. What does David realize when his mother says, "It was an accident?"

3. What option does the female co-pilot give David as an alternative to getting married?

4. What rumors that could effect David begin to build around his air base in the spring of 1992?

5. Why does David's friend David Howard refuse to stand as David's best man?

6. Why is David so adamant about saving money and not living beyond his means?

7. What happens a few weeks before Stephen's first birthday?

8. What happens at David's apartment when leaving Patsy to water the plants and feed his turtle?

9. What does David promise to Stephen, in his own mind, about going to war?

10. What causes David to erupt after reading a news article?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss David's feelings about himself. Do you think that these feelings are warranted? How does David cope with his feelings? What makes it possible for David to live with himself given how he feels? When do David's feelings about himself change?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why David struggles with forgiving his mother. What does it finally take for David to forgive his mother? Why is it that David struggles with forgiving her?

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