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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is present when the family arrives to help?

2. What do houses mean for David?

3. What are the eating utensils made from at dinner?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe David's response to his new surroundings, and why they are so powerful.

3. Describe David's first prayer.

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

5. Explain why David thinks Angelo is stupid.

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are several instances in the book where the author uses scenery and seasons as metaphors for times within David's own life. This is particularly true in Chapter Seven, as winter gives way to spring. Explain how Anne Holm uses these seasons as metaphors for David's own life.

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is used extensively throughout the novel to help indicate future events. Choose two examples of foreshadowing, and discuss how these examples indicate events to occur within the novel. Do you think the author uses foreshadowing effectively? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, David shows himself to be clearly different than other boys. Pick two ways in which David is different, and discuss them in depth. What are these differences? How are they depicted in the novel? What do these differences stem from? Can David overcome them, or does he need to? Why or why not?

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