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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What convinces Day that June is an undercover government agent?
(a) The knot in her cloak.
(b) Her shoes.
(c) Her gun.
(d) Her infrared goggles.

2. Besides his pendant necklace, what item of clothing does Day almost always wear?
(a) Leather gloves.
(b) A hooded sweat-jacket.
(c) A black handkerchief.
(d) An old newsboy cap.

3. Who is Ollie?
(a) Metias's assistant.
(b) June's dog.
(c) Metias's boss.
(d) June's classmate.

4. Whose picture and statue seems to be everywhere in the Republic?
(a) Governor Alpha.
(b) Citizen One.
(c) First Commander.
(d) Elector Primo.

5. How long is Day unconscious before he finally wakes up?
(a) 4 hours.
(b) 2 days.
(c) 2 hours.
(d) 4 days.

6. What causes Tess to wake suddenly when she and Day are camped out underneath the pier?
(a) Footsteps.
(b) The beam of a flashlight.
(c) A gurgling noise.
(d) Car headlights.

7. At what age did June start at Drake University?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

8. How long did Metias work for the Trial administrator?
(a) 1 week.
(b) 1 month.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 1 year.

9. What is implied by Tess's repetition of the word "Please" when Day first meets her (85)?
(a) She is badly wounded.
(b) She is afraid he will hurt her.
(c) She is afraid he will call the police.
(d) She is starving.

10. What unusual fruit does Metias give June?
(a) A purple orange.
(b) A fuzzy apple.
(c) A grape-flavored melon.
(d) A miniature pineapple.

11. On page 130, why does June find it surprising that Day is smart and interesting?
(a) Because "his fingers are calloused from years on the streets."
(b) Because of the way he "made a fancy little dust bomb to get us out of the Skiz mob."
(c) Because of "how familiar he is with streets far from the Lake sector."
(d) Because "This is a boy who must've barely passed his Trial."

12. What does Day notice is different about "the Girl" (June) compared to other Lake sector girls?
(a) She has paler skin.
(b) She has a strange accent.
(c) She is more secretive.
(d) She seems more educated.

13. When Day tells June that she is attractive, what does she tell him?
(a) That he should not talk to her that way.
(b) That he is lying.
(c) That he is also attractive.
(d) That looks do not matter.

14. How much money does the Republic pay the parents of children who fail the Trial?
(a) 1,000 Republic Notes.
(b) 10,000 Republic Notes.
(c) 100 Republic Notes.
(d) None.

15. What surprising information does Jameson give June about her education at Drake University?
(a) June is being expelled for her tower climb and absence from campus.
(b) Questions have arisen about June's grades there.
(c) Metias died owing the government money for her tuition.
(d) It is over, and she will graduate immediately.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Day often make from PVC pipes?

2. What does Day think dying of the plague would be better than?

3. What is the name of the Trial adminstrator?

4. What does Tess give Day that she says she found "caught in the folds of [his] clothes" (55)?

5. In what city does the story open?

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