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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 was the Dakers’ cat?

2. When David gets home after leaving the Wenders' house, David finds his father speaking with whom?

3. According to the inspector, who sends Deviations and why?

4. Axel learns that David and Rosalind share what special ability?

5. What is an Offence?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. When Sophie and David tell her parents about the discovery of Sophie's secret, what do they do?

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

6. Who is Rosalind?

7. What are the Black Coasts?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The persecution of those who are different is a major theme in the novel. What leads to this persecution? How is the theme of persecution developed over the course of the novel? What can end this persecution, according to the author?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of intolerance.

Essay Topic 3

The people of Waknuk believe the Tribulation and the deviations that arose as a result are evil. Is it possible to argue that these things had positive effects? Support or refute that idea, providing evidence to support your opinion.

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