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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 are children more dangerous to David than adults?
(a) They are more likely to tell on him.
(b) They can tell he is different immediately.
(c) They are more suspicious.
(d) They are more violent.

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

3. What does David ask God to help him with, in terms of transportation?
(a) He asks God to give him a horse.
(b) He asks God to give him a car.
(c) He asks God to give him courage to hitchhike.
(d) He asks God to help him find a bike.

4. What does the green grass in Chapter Two indicate to David?
(a) That summer has arrived.
(b) That the land he is on is owned by a farmer.
(c) That there must be water nearby.
(d) That it has rained recently.

5. Why does David ration his prayers to God?
(a) He doesn't want God to be overwhelmed.
(b) He doesn't want God to think he is greedy.
(c) He doesn't want God to ask him for things.
(d) He doesn't want God to dislike him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does David require help getting dressed?

2. What does David do as he rides in the vehicle?

3. How does David determine which direction he is heading?

4. Why doesn't David eat much at dinner?

5. What does David find to eat in the truck?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Explain why David plunges through the thicket instead of going around it.

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

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

9. Explain David's reaction to the baby.

10. Describe David's first prayer.

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