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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: Part Two "The Girl Who Shatters the Shining Glass" pages 235-270.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who in Day's family is sick with the plague?
(a) Day's mother and John.
(b) John and Eden.
(c) Eden.
(d) Day's mother.

2. When Day is in his cell on pages 253 and 254, why does he begin coughing and gagging?
(a) He is trying to make the guards think that he is sick.
(b) He has contracted the plague from Eden.
(c) The guards have set off a tear gas bomb.
(d) He is choking on the key that he had hidden in his mouth.

3. Where does the government tell parents that children who fail the Trial are being sent?
(a) Vocational education.
(b) A psychiatric hospital.
(c) Labor camps.
(d) A laboratory.

4. What does June think happened to Day on the night of his tenth birthday?
(a) He was injured during his Trial.
(b) He hid out in the hospital after escaping from a labor camp.
(c) The military took tissue samples from him.
(d) He hallucinated about being in the hospital.

5. What do Tess and Day find carved into a piece of metal underneath the pier?
(a) A small red number.
(b) A word in an unfamiliar language.
(c) A Patriot flag.
(d) A Colonial flag.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John say that makes Day reply, "Don't be stupid" (140)?

2. What kind of soldiers have a uniform with a diagonal white strip across the chest?

3. After his conversation with June on the roof of Batalla Hall, where does Day next regain consciousness?

4. On page 236, when June talks about speaking cautiously, and she says "I tread carefully," what figure of speech is she using?

5. How does June get to the border between Alta and Winter sectors?

(see the answer key)

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