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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 does David tell Patsy happened with his first two books?

2. What year do rumors begin to spread throughout the military about severe personnel cutbacks?

3. What is the name of Patsy's mother?

4. Upon his return to his new base, what does David learn Patsy has done?

5. When does David return from Saudi Arabia?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are David's thoughts as he is performing his first re-fuel on the Blackbird?

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

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

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

5. How does David's mother explain "It's" behavior?

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

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

8. Why does David have such a hard time on the drive home from Utah to Florida?

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

10. During his first family trip, David goes to see his mother. Why is David shocked by his mother's home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

David feels a lot of inadequacies in his relationships with others. Choose one of the following people from the novel and discuss David's feelings of inadequacy regarding that person. Why does he feel these inadequacies? What fuels these inadequacies for David and the individual chosen? Are the inadequacies played upon by the individual in the relationship with David?

-Patsy

-Marsha

-David's mother

-Stephen (his son)

-Any of his brothers

-David's first manager Jerry

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

Why is it important for David to write books about his past? Did this help him heal in anyway? How do you know?

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