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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. Why did David feel he did well at the juvenile lock-up?
2. Who becomes David's probation officer?
3. What arrangements did Gordan have to make for David because he couldn't find a foster home for him?
4. What did David's mother stand up and shout during the hearing?
5. What did David's new psychiatrist feel David would benefit from reading?
Short Essay Questions
1. When David becomes a model student at the Hill, what does he achieve?
2. Where did David go after the Johnny Jones incident?
3. Why did David ask to be removed from the Walshes' household?
4. Why did David join the Air Force?
5. In the Break Away chapter, David visits the Russian River once again. What did David take with him, and why was it important?
6. Late in the chapter entitled The Defiant One, after David returns to the Catanze's for the second time, what one fact does David cling to when Rudy is yelling at him?
7. In the chapter entitled The Defiant One, David is on a quest for friendships. Where does this quest lead him?
8. When David is living with the Nulls, what does he do for Joanne when she is upset?
9. When living with the Turnboughs, why did David have an issue with Bruce?
10. While at the Hill, what did the mental health person want David to do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
David faced many conflicts in the story. How did David overcome these conflicts? Were there any instances in which David had mishandled conflicts? How did David's ability to face conflict change as he grew older?
Essay Topic 2
When his mother hugged him, David said he wanted to hold onto what he felt at that moment forever. Explain why David would want to hold onto this moment. Were there any other instances of moments David wanted to relive? Why was this moment significant?
Essay Topic 3
David had trouble making friends throughout his teenage years. He tells of many instances where he made friends whose goals were to get David into some type of trouble. Explain how David's friendships effected his life. Why did David make the friendships he made? Did the type of friendships he made throughout the story change? If so, how or why? Explain why having a close friend is an essential part of adolescence.
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