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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. What is the name of David’s grandfather?

2. What is an Offence?

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

4. Ervin catches sight of Sophie’s what?

5. After David leaves Sophie’s home for the first time, David thinks of what “definition”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to David's new friend while they are playing? What does David do to help?

2. What did Axel tell David about the Badlands?

3. What does David’s older sister tell him about the recurring dream he has? Why?

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

5. What are the Fringes? What are the Badlands?

6. What are Offences? What are Blasphemies? Give an example of each.

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

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

9. Why does David get in trouble during the splinter incident?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the effect of the novel’s setting on women. Is post-Tribulation life easier for women or harder? Choose three female characters and analyze what their respective situations say about life for women in this society.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how the novel functions as an allegory, using examples from the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Sin – and the punishment for it – is central to this novel. Explain how this theme is developed over the course of the novel, using examples to support your claims.

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