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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Against what does Senator David Young speak?
(a) The public assistance proposal.
(b) Requiring children under the age of eighteen to be bar coded.
(c) Requiring children who attend public school to be bar coded.
(d) The whole bar code system.

2. From what illness did Kayla's paternal grandmother suffer?
(a) ALS.
(b) Schizophrenia.
(c) Multiple Sclerosis.
(d) Bipolar disorder.

3. What does Mfumbe Taylor do when Kayla is still in the stairwell?
(a) Drops a book and almost hits her.
(b) Trips over her feet.
(c) Makes a sarcastic remark to Kayla.
(d) Tells her to move out of the way.

4. What does Kayla decide to do for the rest of the day?
(a) Study in the library.
(b) Work on her applications for college.
(c) Skip school.
(d) Find her brother and talk to him.

5. What is Gene's job?
(a) Sorter
(b) Maintenance worker.
(c) Window clerk.
(d) Tattoo artist.

6. Why does David Young resign from his political position?
(a) To protest to the new law about tattoos.
(b) He is ill.
(c) His wife is dying.
(d) He wants to form a new resistance movement.

7. How is the killing justified?
(a) Drake reached into his pocket.
(b) The deceased reached towards the glove box of his car.
(c) The deceased deserved it.
(d) The deceased was pointing a gun at the killer(s).

8. What does Kayla discover when she gets to work?
(a) She has a new boss.
(b) They are having a big special event.
(c) The place is closed.
(d) She's been fired.

9. In what year does Kayla's father die?
(a) 2015.
(b) 2054.
(c) 2045.
(d) 2025.

10. Why is a particular character in the story residing at the Route Nine Motor Inn?
(a) The person is evading the law.
(b) The person has been evicted from their home.
(c) The person manages the motel.
(d) The person is unemployed.

11. What does Kayla refrain from doing when Mfumbe asks her something?
(a) Lying to him.
(b) Fleeing from him.
(c) Talking sarcastically to him.
(d) Confiding in him.

12. Why does Kayla take the job there?
(a) She loves the products they sell.
(b) She will get a discount.
(c) Environmental issues are really important to her.
(d) It is the only place that will hire her without a tattoo.

13. What does Kayla find when she returns to the kitchen after throwing up?
(a) Her mother is being handcuffed.
(b) Her mother is on fire.
(c) Her mother has slit her wrists.
(d) Her brother is choking their mother.

14. Why is Kayla unlikely to qualify for a scholarship?
(a) Her grades in computer class are too low.
(b) Her parents have too much money.
(c) Her art classes are not varied enough.
(d) Her classes were not advanced.

15. Why are Amber's parents feeling stressed about a planned move?
(a) They don't have enough money for the moving costs.
(b) They are moving into an area that is considered unsafe.
(c) They now have nowhere to live.
(d) They want to buy new furnishings but do not have the money.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whose death does Zekeal offer condolences to Kayla?

2. What is Nedra covered in when she arrives at the meeting?

3. Where does August suggest the group might meet up if they have to leave their homes?

4. Whose killing is reported by the newspaper?

5. What does Zekeal tell Kayla about Nedra when Kayla meets him outside of the warehouse?

(see the answer keys)

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