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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does David aim to become by washing himself of the camp?
(a) Johannes.
(b) A new person.
(c) A regular boy.
(d) Just himself.

3. What is David wrapped in?
(a) A traveling rug.
(b) A towel.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A robe.

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

5. What does the man say David will find by the tree?
(a) Water and a map.
(b) A map and a compass.
(c) A compass and water.
(d) A jeep.

6. What does the family insist David do?
(a) Go home with them.
(b) Work for them.
(c) Tell them where he is from.
(d) Go with the police.

7. What does David hear as he walks along the side of the road?
(a) A dog.
(b) An owl.
(c) A plane.
(d) A car.

8. What vehicle does David smuggle himself into in this chapter that helps him reach his destination?
(a) A delivery truck.
(b) An army truck.
(c) A hearse.
(d) A tourist's car.

9. Why does David pick up the newspaper the food is wrapped in?
(a) So he can practice reading.
(b) So he can use it for fire.
(c) So he can wrap his own food.
(d) So he can use it as a blanket.

10. What does the man on the boat give to David to help him in the water?
(a) A bobber.
(b) A life belt.
(c) A raft.
(d) A rope.

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

12. What does David do to his hair?
(a) Washes it.
(b) Cuts it.
(c) Dyes it.
(d) Shaves it.

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

14. What does David decide at the end of Chapter One?
(a) That he doesn't want to die.
(b) That he wants to die.
(c) That he wants to be a sailor.
(d) That he wants to be caught.

15. What does the man do to surprise David?
(a) Hits him.
(b) Hides money in his bundle.
(c) Gives him soup and water.
(d) Gives him a ride to Denmark.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What animal startles David one evening as is lying down?

3. How long does David have to climb over the fence?

4. What does David find that he is able to eat?

5. What story does David concoct to explain his travels?

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