A3c I am David chapter 4 and 5

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• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Chapter 4 and 5

Traditional quiz

What does David hear that makes him think of how a balloon must feel?

1. A high pitched siren
2. Wind
3. Music
4. The tide

David hears music for the first time and compares the feeling to beeing a balloon

'You might feel this way if you had a great space inside of you and it was filled with air, a heavenly air full of sweet voices that made you fly up and up and your heart beat faster and faster.... not because you were afraid, but because you were ...... happy?'

Page 62

Why does David not fight back when the boy (Carlo) keeps hitting him?

1. He doesn't know how to fight
2. He is too scared to fight
3. Fighting back would mean he is just as bad as the boy
4. He is afraid to hurt the boy

David hates the boy for hitting him but he doesn't fight back

Boy (Carlo): Why don't you fight back then?

David: Because if I hit you back, i'd be no better than you are. I'd be just as rotten and worthless, and I'd have no right to be free' 

Page 63

What does David do for the first time after he rescues the young girl (Maria)?

1. He laughs
2. He smiles
3. He cries
4. He coughs

David finally learns how to smile

Girl (Maria): Who are you?

David: I'm David

She was smiling now, only slightly, but enough to show a gleam of small white teeth between her red lips. David felt something happen inside him - as if he heard music.... something wonderful. And something happenend to his face, too, a movement that took him by surprise. 

David is invited to the house of the family, but he doesn't want to and is angry. What makes him decide to accept their offer?

When David wakes up in the house of the family, he is offered new clothes. He hesitates putting them on. What is he afraid for ?

1. That he might tear the clothes
2. That the clothes won't look good on him
3. That the clothes won't fit
4. That the clothes will make him feel not as himself

David is afraid he might tear the clothes

"But they're not my clothes", he said as he saw what the children's mother was laying across the chair. 
"No , they're being washed. These are Andrea's but I think they'll fit you." David looked at them anxiously. "I might tear then on a branch,"he said. 

"My dear boy, and after all you've done for us!"

(Page 79)

David thought living in a house was very difficult. Why?

1. Because of the people
2. Because of the house itself
3. Because of all the luxury
4. Because the food is not what David is used to

Living in a house was very difficult 

Because of the people. They constantly expected him to say and do things he would never have thought of and what appeared sensible and natural to him seemed to surprise them.
(page 83)

David finds it satisfying to know more words for the same thing for then he could describe exactly to what degree a thing was good. An example of this is the word 'beautiful'. How many variations are there to David?

1. 2
2. 3
3. 5
4. 6

Three variations for the word beautiful

1.  nice = a little beautiful

2.  lovely = more beautiful 

3. beatiful

 

(Page 83)

What does David not seem to understand about the children's behaviour?

1. They don't seem to appreciate what a good life they have and they take everything for granted
2. They always want to play and David thinks they're not eager to learn
3. They always throw away a lot of food and they always whine and complain to their parents
4. They are not polite enough according to David. They never say 'thank you' and 'please' .

Two answers

That they don’t seem to appreciate what a good life they have and that they take everything for granted. 

They always want to play and David thinks they’re not very eager to learn. 

(page 86)

Why does David asks for a book made prior to 1917?

1. He wants books from before he was born
2. He wants books made before he went to camp
3. He wants to be sure what is in them is valid
4. He wants books prior the current year

Books made prior to 1917

' I think most of all I'd like a book to read.' He wanted to hear music again, too, but the book was more important. He said it must be a book published before 1917.

He wanted to make sure that what was in it was true and not something they had made up.

(Page 84)

What does David realize the man in camp had been forcing him to drink?

1. Water
2. Beer
3. Poison
4. Milk

Milk

Twice a week, for as long as he could remember , on Tuesdays and Fridays, he had had to go across to the man's quarters, and the man had given him something white to drink. It tasted horrible, but the man told him he must drink it or else he would shoot one of the prisoners.

(Page 92) 

Why does David leave the house?

1. He wants to continue with his journey to Denmark
2. He listens in on a conversation between the parents and gets scared
3. He is sick and tired of the children and can't stay there for another minute
4. He doesn't leave voluntarily he is send away by the parents

Page 94 - 99

David presed himself againts the wall and stood still. When they began talking he would creep off in the other direction so that they would not spot him. 

' Giovanni, I think you'll have to do something about David.' . .......................................................

What does Maria ask David to do?

1. Stay
2. Leave
3. Kiss her
4. Come back

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