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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 believe the escape to be?
(a) A trap.
(b) A genuine attempt to help.
(c) A prank.
(d) A joke.

2. What does David lose into the sea?
(a) His shoes.
(b) His water.
(c) His shirt.
(d) His compass.

3. What does David hear that makes him think of how a balloon must feel?
(a) Music.
(b) Wind.
(c) The tide.
(d) A high pitched siren.

4. What does David see on the third evening that he wants to care for?
(a) A kitten.
(b) A puppy.
(c) A lamb.
(d) A baby.

5. What does the man in town give to David to eat?
(a) A banana.
(b) A steak.
(c) A loaf of bread.
(d) An orange.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David see at the beginning of Chapter Four that he had never seen?

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

3. Why does the woman not want her husband to give David money?

4. Why does David require help getting dressed?

5. What is the problem with the car that stalls near David as he lay in the ditch?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why David is beat up, and why he refuses to fight back.

2. Explain how David comes to choose a God, and why.

3. Explain David's reaction to the baby.

4. Describe how David comes to own a mirror, and his reaction to his own reflection.

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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