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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 12-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The people who decide to leave Omelas go toward what natural feature of the landscape?
(a) The mountains.
(b) The foothills.
(c) The peninsula.
(d) The sea.

2. What does the scapegoat child wear?
(a) A hair shirt.
(b) A burlap sack.
(c) A dress.
(d) Nothing.

3. What actions do the horses take that leads the young men and women to speak to them?
(a) They kick.
(b) They rear.
(c) They stomp.
(d) They whinny.

4. How old does the scapegoat child of Omelas appear to be, according to Paragraph 8?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

5. LeGuin worries that all but which of the following elements of Omelas will cause the reader to consider it too "goody-goody" (3)?
(a) Smiles.
(b) Parades.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Bells.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what season does the event described at the start of the story take place?

2. LeGuin announces at the end of Paragraph 6 that "The Festival...has" what?

3. The first line of the story names what species of bird?

4. What phrase or word involving time does LeGuin use in the first sentence of Paragraph 4?

5. What quality of the scapegoat's existence results in favorable effects for all other citizens?

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