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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. How does David cross Germany?

2. What does King do?

3. What does the wife of the household fear, if the farmer beats David?

4. What does David realize the man in camp had been forcing him to drink?

5. Who rescues David from the snow?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain why David doesn't like dogs, and how his friendship with King develops.

2. How does David cross into Denmark?

3. Describe how David comes to meet Sophie Hartmann, and describe Sophie.

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

5. Describe the frontier post, and how David managed to avoid it.

6. Why does David have such difficulty understanding the young boys he has come to live with?

7. What does David realize about King's actions?

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

9. Why does David hate being touched?

10. Explain David's experience within the church.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

There is heavy use of symbolism by Anne Holm within the novel. Discuss the use of and meaning of a king, "the man", and the compass in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

There are many references in the novel to the power of "them", without actual description of who "they" really are. Choose three instances where the author gives information about "them", and explain the reference in detail. What is said about "them"? What does the reference indicate about who "they" might be? How does the author use these vague descriptions to impose a feeling of unfocused dread?

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