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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What element of the festival is described as bing "like a field of grass and flowers" (6)?
(a) The contestants.
(b) The crowds.
(c) The youth.
(d) The children.

2. What two groups are said to encourage the bad habit named by LeGuin in Paragraph 3?
(a) Priests and poets.
(b) Scholars and rakes.
(c) Pedants and sophisticates.
(d) Clergy and philosophers.

3. Of what material is the child's instrument made?
(a) Linen.
(b) Bone.
(c) Animal skin.
(d) Wood.

4. The faces of the children at the festival are described as "amiably" (4) what?
(a) Grumpy.
(b) Sticky.
(c) Grouchy.
(d) Tired.

5. The young men participating in the festival's main event are said to be what?
(a) Tall.
(b) Committed.
(c) Reluctant.
(d) Brave.

Short Answer Questions

1. The sky on the day described in Paragraph 1 is said to be what color?

2. What is NOT a color used to decorate the horses of Omelas?

3. The scapegoat child finds the frightening object in it dwelling to be what?

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

5. What word is NOT used to describe the tune played by the child with the instrument?

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