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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 do houses mean for David?
(a) Danger.
(b) Love.
(c) Security.
(d) Home.

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

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

4. Where does David go when he arrives at the dock?
(a) On a train.
(b) On a bus.
(c) Into the belly of a ship.
(d) On a rowboat.

5. What does David find to eat in the truck?
(a) Salomi.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Hamburger.
(d) Chicken.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David aim to become by washing himself of the camp?

2. What has David never seen that would be helpful to determine where he needed to go?

3. Why does David not wash in the fountains in town?

4. Why does David decide to attempt to escape?

5. What does David ask the man for, reluctantly?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why David is afraid to attempt to hitchhike.

2. What happens to David's clothes, and what is the result of this? How does he feel?

3. Explain what the man on the ship and the woman in the shop mean when they discuss David's eyes.

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

5. Why was crossing the road, a dangerous task, a type of turning point for David?

6. 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?

7. Explain why David is reluctant to escape, and why he does it, despite his reservations.

8. Explain why David doesn't believe he would be good at playing.

9. Why do the people in town eventually wish to catch David?

10. Explain why David thinks Angelo is stupid.

(see the answer keys)

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