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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does King do?
(a) Runs with David toward the fields.
(b) Whimpers as David is shot.
(c) Draws attention to himself, allowing David to run.
(d) Bites David as he tries to run.

2. What does David say about imprisoning a murderer?
(a) They should be killed.
(b) They should not be imprisoned.
(c) They should be beaten.
(d) They should be imprisoned, but not starved or harmed.

3. How does David cross Germany?
(a) By boat.
(b) On foot.
(c) In trucks.
(d) On trains.

4. Why does David ask for books made prior to 1917?
(a) He wants books from before he was born.
(b) He wants books made before he went to the camp.
(c) He wants books prior to the current year.
(d) He wants to be sure what is in them is valid.

5. What does David believe God is trying to teach him?
(a) That Carlo was bad.
(b) That he is stupid.
(c) That the farmer is a good person.
(d) That Carlo was not bad.

6. What is David asked to do inside?
(a) Make the bed.
(b) Set the table.
(c) Remain silent.
(d) Cook dinner.

7. What does the wife of the household fear, if the farmer beats David?
(a) That he will tell police.
(b) That he will run away.
(c) That he will kill them in their sleep.
(d) That he will hit him back.

8. Why does the farmer decide the boy must go?
(a) He is too expensive to feed.
(b) He has "a hold" on the dog.
(c) He is of no use to the farmer.
(d) He is no longer working.

9. What is revealed at the end of the chapter about Edith, the woman in the photograph?
(a) She is in a camp in Germany.
(b) She is kind.
(c) She is likely David's mother.
(d) She is dead.

10. How does the mother say David hates Carlo?
(a) As a child hates another child.
(b) As a man hates a woman.
(c) As a man hates an animal.
(d) As a grown man hates another man.

11. What do the parents note about David's speech?
(a) It is highly damaged.
(b) It is incorrect.
(c) It is childish.
(d) It is too sophisticated for a child.

12. What does David know will happen to him when he runs?
(a) He will be tired.
(b) He will be captured.
(c) He will be released.
(d) He will be shot.

13. What does the man give to David once they reach Frankfurt?
(a) Money.
(b) A ride.
(c) Water.
(d) Food.

14. What does David think should have roused his suspicions?
(a) The scenery.
(b) The state of the people he saw.
(c) The stream.
(d) The fence.

15. Where is David taken when the woman realizes the time?
(a) To an orphanage.
(b) To a local shelter.
(c) To the police.
(d) To her home to eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David do to the Swiss man that he has never done before?

2. Why does the driver not want to go past Faido?

3. In what aspect does David feel Carlo's parents were wrong about him?

4. What does Giovanni respect David for?

5. What does David ask the priest for?

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