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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. Who is present when the family arrives to help?
(a) The fire department.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) The police.
(d) The boy who beat him earlier.

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

3. Why did Johannes not want people in camp to tell David things of the outside world?
(a) He was jealous.
(b) He didn't want David to know about the real world.
(c) He didn't want the guards to hear.
(d) He didn't want him to want what he couldn't have.

4. What does David experience following the doctor's visit?
(a) Taking a shower.
(b) Sleeping in a bed.
(c) Using a toilette.
(d) Kissing a girl.

5. What does David vow never to enter, as he believes it to be dangerous?
(a) A house.
(b) A store.
(c) A church.
(d) A police station.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are children more dangerous to David than adults?

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

3. What does the man in town give to David to eat?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does David decide, as he runs during his escape, to stop running and instead to walk?

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