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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of day does Lean compare her favorite color to?
(a) Early morning.
(b) Evening.
(c) Dusk.
(d) Noon.

2. What was Lena's father's military pin?
(a) A copper dagger.
(b) A silver star.
(c) A silver dagger.
(d) A gold eagle.

3. Why has Lena hardly had any contact with boys her age?
(a) She is unattractive and boys don't like her.
(b) She goes to an all girls school.
(c) Lena only likes older men.
(d) Contact between uncured boys and girls is forbidden.

4. What does Lena do in Chapter 6 that alerts her aunt that Lena is distracted by something?
(a) She puts the laundry away in the wrong drawers.
(b) She burns herself while cooking dinner.
(c) She makes mistakes while helping Jenny with her homework.
(d) She forgets where she put her homework.

5. What did Lean's father die from?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Executed.
(c) No one knows.
(d) Suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Marcia?

2. What surrounds the government building Lena takes her evaluation in?

3. Who is Carol?

4. What does Alex whisper in Lena's ear to reveal that he recognizes her?

5. What college is Lena going to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the deeper level argument between Hana and Lena in Chapter 8?

2. What might Lena's reoccurring dream mean?

3. What memories does Lena have of her mother, as detailed in Chapter 9?

4. Why might Lena have checked for a note at the Governor?

5. What is Lena's evaluation in Chapter 4 interrupted by?

6. What family secret involving her sister Rachel does Lena share at the beginning of Chapter 11?

7. How did Lena become a runner?

8. How does Lena feel about her upcoming procedure at the beginning of the book?

9. What do Lena and Hana realize about their friendship at the end of Chapter 12, and how does Hana's match solidify this?

10. How does Lena understand the story of Mary Magdalene, and what does this tell readers about the government and religion?

(see the answer keys)

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