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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is in the large box that the council brings before Kira?
2. Where does Kira's friend Matt live?
3. What is Thomas' job in the Edifice?
4. What does Kira do when Vandara and the village women leave?
5. What gift do Kira and Thomas give Matt in Chapter 10?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Kira's options for defense during the trial?
2. How does Kira react in Chapter 2to the destruction of her home?
3. What warning does Matt give Kira in Chapter 1?
4. How does Kira find the color she needs for her threads?
5. What type of living conditions is Kira used to before she moves to the Edifice?
6. How does Kira react to the indoor plumbing in her room?
7. What comforts Kira on her first night away from home?
8. Describe Kira's home after she returns from the Field of Leaving.
9. What is the significance of names in Kira's society?
10. Describe Vandara.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the significance of the Ruin Song. What does it symbolize for Kira's people? How has it been altered though the years? What effect does this alteration have on Kira's people? After the Gathering, what does the Ruin Song symbolize to Kira?
Essay Topic 2
What value is placed on human life in Kira's society? How does the attitude prevalent towards the value of life affect education, employment, family life, and the development of society? How might this attitude affect the future survival of Kira's people?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the forms of communication that have replaced writing in Kira's society. How have these forms of communication altered the education, history, and government of Kira's people? How will their continued use affect the future of Kira's people?
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