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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. How does Matt's mother react to her son's absence?
(a) She is mourning the loss of her son.
(b) She didn't know he was missing.
(c) She is glad he is gone.
(d) She begs Thomas to find Matt.

2. In Chapter 16, what is Jo doing in her room when Thomas and Kira find her?
(a) Staring out the window.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Singing.
(d) Playing.

3. How will Kira know what to embroider on the blank patch of cloth?
(a) She will dream her designs.
(b) Her fingers will know.
(c) The guardians will tell her what to embroider.
(d) Annabella will tell her what to embroider.

4. What is the atmosphere in the Council Edifice as people gather for the singing of the Ruin song?
(a) Solemn and respectful.
(b) Filled with wailing and sadness.
(c) Raucous and rowdy.
(d) Joyous and noisy.

5. What do Kira and her friends hear a child doing while on the lower floor of the Edifice in Chapter 13?
(a) Singing.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Reading.
(d) Jumping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual sound does Kira hear at the beginning of the Ruin song ceremony?

2. What is unusual about Christopher's village?

3. Who walks through a storm to visit Kira?

4. How does the Singer and the crowd end the Ruin song?

5. What area do Kira and Thomas pass as they look for Matt in Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thomas claim to have heard in Chapter 12 and how do the children react to his claim?

2. What does Matt's journey through the woods reveal?

3. How does Kira spend her rainy day in Chapter 12?

4. What does the Gathering ceremony resemble?

5. Why does Kira cry after returning from Jo's room at the end of Chapter 16?

6. How are Kira, Thomas, and Jo treated during the Gathering ceremony?

7. What is suspicious about Annabella's death?

8. What does Kira find suspicious about Jo's situation, and why?

9. How have the words of the Ruin song been distorted over time?

10. Describe the village Matt encountered on his journey to find "blue".

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