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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. How does David plan to escape?
(a) By killing the farmer.
(b) By asking the farmer to release him.
(c) By cutting a hole in the wall, and digging through the snow.
(d) By sneaking away at night.

2. What does David say about the right of parents over children?
(a) It is neither a right or a duty.
(b) It is a right, not a duty.
(c) It is a duty, not a right.
(d) It is a responsibility.

3. What does David ask the priest for?
(a) His blessing.
(b) A view of a map.
(c) Water.
(d) Food.

4. What comforts David in Chapter Eight?
(a) Having a goal.
(b) Having a dream.
(c) Having a blanket.
(d) Having King with him.

5. Why has David become depressed?
(a) He loved his new family.
(b) He entered a house, and now knows what he is missing.
(c) He loved Maria.
(d) He lost his friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does David avoid entering Germany?

2. What does David start to believe he is?

3. What does David nearly fall over?

4. What does Giovanni respect David for?

5. What does David equate to the word want?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what Sophie means by "someone has broken his spirit".

2. What does David say in his letter to Carlo?

3. Why does Giovanni's wife want David to leave?

4. Explain what David realizes about milk.

5. Explain how being kept a slave on the farm is beneficial to David.

6. Why does David stop caring consciously about what happens to him, and how does he manage to keep going?

7. Describe the individuals at the farm.

8. Explain David's opinion about ruling over others.

9. Why does Giovanni respect David?

10. Why does David now believe the man kept him in the concentration camp, only to take care of him and eventually let him go?

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