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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. Gordan visits David in July 1974, what is the purpose of the visit?

2. What does David begin to turn off because of all the drama that's been in his life?

3. How did David really feel about the plan he was bragging about to his classmates?

4. When David is 17, who does he become obsessed with finding?

5. Who was David's second visitor at The Hill?

Short Essay Questions

1. David is again placed with the Turnboughs. David informs Alice that this is where he belongs. One day David realizes that he cannot preform a simple life skills task, and begs Alice to teach him. What was the task, and what happened when David attempted the task?

2. When David goes to court, what does his lawyer tell the judge?

3. In the Estranged chapter, when David is being removed from the Catanzes', Gordan tells David he should feel fortunate to have been with one family for so long, and that David shouldn't complain about the move. Why did Gordan say this to David?

4. Why did David feel responsible for the Nulls' divorce?

5. While at the Hill, what did the mental health person want David to do?

6. When David becomes a model student at the Hill, what does he achieve?

7. In the chapter entitled The Defiant One, David is on a quest for friendships. Where does this quest lead him?

8. In the Break Away chapter, David was living with the Turnboughs again. Did David ever go back and visit his friends on Duinsmoore Drive?

9. In the Break Away chapter, David visits the Russian River once again. What did David take with him, and why was it important?

10. Give an example to support David's belief that his time at the Hill was a positive experience.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

David has to visit a psychiatrist while at the Catanzes'. Later, while living with the Turnboughs, David visits a second psychiatrist, Donald Roberson. Compare and contrast the two psychiatrists using examples from the story to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

David initially spent 100 days in the Hill and revisited it on several occasions, when Gordan would place him there as a temporary foster home. Explain how David's time at the Hill changed his life. What were the benefits and drawbacks to David's stays there? How did the environment at the Hill aid David?

Essay Topic 3

Describe David's relationship with his father, then compare and contrast it with David's relationship with his mother. Why does David's father act the way he does? What might a reader assume about David's father from evidence provided in the book?

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