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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does David lose into the sea?
(a) His shirt.
(b) His water.
(c) His shoes.
(d) His compass.

2. What does David see on the third evening that he wants to care for?
(a) A kitten.
(b) A lamb.
(c) A baby.
(d) A puppy.

3. What does David notice about the people in the first town he visits?
(a) They are all afraid.
(b) They are all poor.
(c) They are all sad.
(d) They all seem happy.

4. What animal startles David one evening as is lying down?
(a) A sheep.
(b) A horse.
(c) A snake.
(d) A dog.

5. What does David see that will work for shelter for him?
(a) A ravine.
(b) A cave.
(c) A tent.
(d) An abandoned house.

6. What does the drink David finds help him do?
(a) Dream.
(b) Eat.
(c) Throw up.
(d) Sleep.

7. What does David vow never to enter, as he believes it to be dangerous?
(a) A store.
(b) A church.
(c) A house.
(d) A police station.

8. Why doesn't David ask God for help in saving the young girl?
(a) He doesn't have time.
(b) He wants to save her to repay God.
(c) He is afraid.
(d) He is ashamed.

9. Why did Johannes not want people in camp to tell David things of the outside world?
(a) He didn't want David to know about the real world.
(b) He didn't want the guards to hear.
(c) He didn't want him to want what he couldn't have.
(d) He was jealous.

10. Why does David refuse to fight the boy who hits him?
(a) He is ashamed.
(b) He is afraid.
(c) He doesn't want to be violent like him.
(d) He doesn't know how to hit.

11. What does David see at the end of Chapter One that makes him cry?
(a) His mother.
(b) A kitten.
(c) The beauty of the landscape.
(d) A man and his father.

12. What does David help the man find, that he has lost at the side of the road?
(a) Glasses.
(b) His wallet.
(c) His flask.
(d) A tire.

13. What does David's decision to cross the road show?
(a) He has become his own master.
(b) He is still following his body.
(c) He is mindless.
(d) He is careless.

14. What was forbidden by the prisoners to talk about at the camp?
(a) Freedom.
(b) The guards.
(c) Families.
(d) Food.

15. What did Johannes teach David about saying thank you?
(a) He taught him always to say thank you.
(b) He taught him to thank only those he disliked.
(c) He taught him to thank only those he liked.
(d) He taught him never to thank anyone for anything.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David ask the couple to do while he gets help?

2. What does David hear that makes him think of how a balloon must feel?

3. Why does David think Angelo is stupid?

4. What does David do once he is in the stream?

5. What vehicle does David smuggle himself into in this chapter that helps him reach his destination?

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