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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 did David do after the television broadcast showing his father?
(a) Celebrated with friends.
(b) Went for a swim.
(c) Excitedly bragged to his friends.
(d) Wrote a long letter to his parents.

2. What name does Charles call David after he kidnaps him?
(a) Katsuk.
(b) Tskanay.
(c) Hoquat.
(d) Janiktaht.

3. Who do Charles and David meet up with in Section 5?
(a) A sheriff's deputy.
(b) A member of the search party.
(c) David's father.
(d) A group of hikers.

4. How does David feel when he goes into the woods in Section 3?
(a) Angry.
(b) Frightened.
(c) Frustrated.
(d) Elated.

5. How does David feel when he awakens after he and Charles first stop to rest?
(a) Parched.
(b) Hungry.
(c) Frightened.
(d) All of the answers are correct.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who organizes the search party?

2. As Charles leaves the forest, what does he believe will always remember him?

3. Charles feels he will become capable of doing a terrible and deadly thing if what occurs?

4. Why does Charles congratulate David in Section 4?

5. What does David do to mark the passing days?

Short Essay Questions

1. What makes Katsuk feel as if he and David may be like brothers in Section 6?

2. How does Tskanay try to help David get away from Katsuk?

3. Why do you think Katsuk feels so bad about killing David after it is over? Why do you think he went through with the sacrifice in the first place?

4. Discuss David and Katsuk's debate about the white world, reiterating both points of view. Whose point of view is more convincing?

5. Color is an important tool in the sections featuring David Marshall. The boy often focuses on bright colors in the room when he is imagining or lost in his own thoughts. What is an example of this in Section 1?

6. Katsuk is longing for a sign from the spirits. How does he feel about David's spirit dream? Why? What does Katsuk take as a sign, and what does he do once he has received that sign?

7. Has David benefited from his kidnapping? If so, how? How might that help him in his current situation?

8. It is nearly dark when Katsuk realizes that David is gone. What does Katsuk decide to do and why?

9. Do you think Charles has a legitimate point about the treatment of the Native Americans, despite his poor choice of solutions?

10. What is Katsuk's reaction to David's curse and the questions he asks about the duck feathers afterward?

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