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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. Thanks to his friendship with Sophie, David learns what lesson?
(a) A person with a deviation is to be feared.
(b) A person with a deviation is a danger to society.
(c) A person with a deviation is not meant for Waknuk.
(d) A person with a deviation is not a monstrosity.

2. David explains to Axel that, when communicating telepathically, he does not hear or see words, but rather what?
(a) Letters.
(b) Sign language.
(c) Music.
(d) Shapes.

3. What is an Offence?
(a) A Norm.
(b) A deviation in a person.
(c) A mutant.
(d) A deviation in livestock or crops.

4. After being punished by his father, what does David inform Axel he is planning to do?
(a) Run away.
(b) Become the leader of Waknuk.
(c) Go find Sophie.
(d) Become a sailor.

5. David promises Axel that he will no longer do what when communicating with Rosalind?
(a) Close his eyes.
(b) Speak out loud.
(c) Share his location.
(d) Communicate his feelings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Wenders caught?

2. David’s father accuses David of finding fault with what?

3. Before she leaves, what does Sophie give to David?

4. In addition to the Bible, what is the book that everyone in Waknuk has to study?

5. What was the Dakers’ cat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the people of Waknuk believe about the Tribulation?

2. What is the “Definition of Man” that David was taught as a child? What does he realize when he remembers it?

3. What does Axel discover about David and Rosalind? What does Axel recommend regarding this discovery?

4. Who is captured and brought to Waknuk in Chapter 4? What happens to them?

5. How is Sophie’s secret discovered? What happens as a result?

6. What two books form the moral and ethical foundation of this David's settlement? When were they written?

7. What are the Fringes? What are the Badlands?

8. What promise does David make to his new friend and her mother?

9. Who is Rosalind?

10. Who is the narrator of the novel? What important facts about him are stated at the opening of the novel?

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