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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does David do as he rides in the vehicle?
(a) Draws pictures.
(b) Falls asleep.
(c) Thinks of his mother.
(d) Eats an apple.

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

3. What does David take from the herders he stumbles across?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Clothes and money.
(c) Soup and bread.
(d) Money and a map.

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

5. What does David ask the man for, reluctantly?
(a) Water.
(b) A piece of bread.
(c) A piece of soap.
(d) A compass.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does David refuse to fight the boy who hits him?

2. Why is David so enthralled by dinner?

3. What does David's decision to cross the road show?

4. What does David do to rid himself of the bad feelings the boy causes?

5. What does David use to cross the ravine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene with the man who loses his glasses. What does David do, what is the couple's response, and why is it disturbing for David?

2. Explain why David thinks Angelo is stupid.

3. Describe David's first meal with the family.

4. Explain how David comes to the home of Giovanni.

5. Explain why David's eating of the orange forced him to consider going into town.

6. Explain why David knows so little of himself, including where he is from, and what he looks like.

7. Describe how David is able to keep going long after he has stopped caring.

8. Describe how David saves Maria from the fire.

9. Explain what the man tells David to do to escape.

10. Describe David's reaction to his bedroom, when he awakens the first time.

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