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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 struggle with as he debates about going back to the woman in town?
(a) His anger.
(b) His conscience.
(c) His fear.
(d) His guilt.

2. What does David believe about countries with kings?
(a) They are free.
(b) They are neutral.
(c) They are dangerous.
(d) They are occupied.

3. How long does David have to climb over the fence?
(a) A minute.
(b) Five minutes.
(c) A half minute.
(d) Ten minutes.

4. What does the drink David finds help him do?
(a) Dream.
(b) Eat.
(c) Throw up.
(d) Sleep.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David do once he is in the stream?

2. What does David lose into the sea?

3. What does David see at the end of Chapter One that makes him cry?

4. What has David never seen, in relation to himself?

5. What does David find himself doing after he rescues the young girl?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Explain why David decides to stay with the family, when asked.

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

10. Explain why the man on the ship does not turn David in, and how he helps him to escape.

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