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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. In Chapter 16, what is Jo doing in her room when Thomas and Kira find her?

2. What do Thomas and Kira bring with them as they visit Jo in Chapter 16?

3. Which character once attempted to kill Christopher?

4. What does Jamison tell Kira in Chapter 14?

5. How will Kira know what to embroider on the blank patch of cloth?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Gathering ceremony resemble?

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

4. How does Thomas demonstrate his mischievous side and surprise Kira in Chapter 15?

5. What do the Ruin song and the Singer's robe reveal about the history of Kira's world?

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

7. How does Kira react when Jamison refuses to allow her to watch over Annabella's body in the Field of Leaving?

8. Who is the blind man and what is his significance in the story?

9. What is Jamison's role in the attack on Christopher?

10. What is suspicious about Annabella's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Are the residents of the Edifice prisoners? How can an individual be imprisoned without bars or chains? What is the metallic sound Kira hears during the Gathering ceremony? How does her recognition of the sound affect her attitude towards the Guardians?

Essay Topic 2

How is literacy linked to power in the novel? What are the Guardians attempting to control by keeping more than half the population illiterate? How will Kira's ability to read affect her character? How might it affect all women in her society?

Essay Topic 3

What is the general purpose of the destruction of Kira's cott? What other motive or purpose might the villagers have had for destroying Kira's property? What does the destruction of her cott symbolize to Kira? How will it affect her future?

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