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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. Which word is used to describe Harrison?

2. What does Harrison want to do with the ballerina?

3. Why do the ballerinas wear masks?

4. What does the police announcement warn people not to do?

5. Who invents handicaps?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does George say he could think through?

2. Would sports exist in Harrison's world?

3. What is the purpose of disabling the dancers?

4. What would happen if people could not ponder important things?

5. Why does Hazel not tell George about the murder?

6. What is the penalty for removing balls of birdshot from a handicap?

7. What does Harrison promise the musicians if they play well?

8. Is Harrison a hero or a threat?

9. What happens when the Emperor and Empress dance?

10. What does Harrison outgrow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Harrison unlike any other person? What makes him have an individual personality when everyone else blindly follows the government?

Essay Topic 2

On Page 768, the Emperor and Empress listen gravely, synchronizing their heartbeats. In what other ways does the author show the couple's instant connection?

Essay Topic 3

Does our current government have too much control over its citizens? If the scenario in this story existed, do you think individuals would rise up in protest? Could there be a middle ground of compromise?

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