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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. As David returns home from Bertha's, who is he told is looking for him?

2. After Albert drops David off from the milk route, where is he instructed to go?

3. David runs from Bertha's to where?

4. How does David feel about Leo's freedom?

5. Who does Leo tell David killed Jesus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain David's hallucination following his electrocution. What does it mean? What aspects of his childhood are brought together in the hallucination?

Essay Topic 2

What reasons for marriage are presented in Call It Sleep? What impression of marriage does this give? Are those reasons for marriage still valid today? In other words, do people still marry for some of those same reasons? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Freedom or independence is one of the themes present in the book. Who in the book has freedom or independence? How does David feel about being independent? Who does not have independence? Why?

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