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

2. What does David do to rid himself of the bad feelings the boy causes?
(a) Stares at the sky.
(b) Sings a song.
(c) Washes himself thoroughly.
(d) Writes a poem.

3. How does David determine which direction he is heading?
(a) By the position of the sun.
(b) By moss on trees.
(c) By the position of the moon.
(d) By the signs.

4. What story does David concoct to explain his travels?
(a) He claims to be a minister.
(b) He claims to be a prisoner of war.
(c) He claims to be an orphan.
(d) He claims to be part of the circus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the green grass in Chapter Two indicate to David?

2. What does David vow never to enter, as he believes it to be dangerous?

3. What feature does David want to see most about himself?

4. What does David help the man find, that he has lost at the side of the road?

5. What does David decide to do at the beginning of Chapter Three, in terms of travel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why David refused the man's money, and why the man hid money in David's bundle.

2. Why was it so important for David to clean himself so thoroughly?

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

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

5. Explain David's reaction to the baby.

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

7. Explain the scene between David and the couple who are out of gas. Why are they suspicious, and how does David disarm them?

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

9. 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?

10. Explain why David knows so many languages, and how this might be able to help him.

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