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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. Sophie’s mother says David can see Sophie again, but only if David does what?

2. David gets in trouble after sustaining what injury?

3. What is the only text that survived from the time of the Old People?

4. Axel told David that what ultimately happened to the author of the observations?

5. What is the name of the girl David befriended while playing alone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the name of David’s hometown, and who founded it? What was this person like, and how did he influence the settlement?

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

3. After thinking of the Definition of Man, what does David realize about his friend? How does this realization make him feel?

4. What commonly appears to David in a dream?

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

6. What are the Fringes? What are the Badlands?

7. Who does David meet while playing? What does he learn about this person?

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

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

10. Who is Rosalind?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

David is involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict, and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the characters involved.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story from David’s point of view. How does viewing the events of the novel from David’s viewpoint affect the story?

Essay Topic 3

The people living in the post-Tribulation world all have different viewpoints regarding Deviations. Select three characters and explain their opinions regarding Deviations and what their opinions reveal about each character.

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