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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What stops Day's escape attempt from jail?
(a) His injured leg gives out on him.
(b) He gets trapped in a dead-end hallway.
(c) June hits him with a rifle butt.
(d) Jameson threatens to kill John.

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

3. What emotion does June think Thomas is feeling when he asks about whether Day kissed her?
(a) Suspicion.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Sympathy.
(d) Disgust.

4. What is the main purpose of releasing the plague viruses into the poorer districts?
(a) Getting rid of poor people.
(b) Convincing citizens that the government keeps them safe.
(c) Research on biological weapons.
(d) Keeping the plague away from wealthier districts.

5. When he is talking to Thomas, what interesting thing does Day learn about Kaede?
(a) She is an undercover government agent.
(b) She is one of the Patriots.
(c) She might be the one who killed Metias.
(d) She was killed in the riot outside Batalla Hall.

6. What do the soldiers do with the people outside who have painted a red streak in their hair?
(a) Arrest them.
(b) Execute them.
(c) Force them to leave.
(d) Move them all to one side of the square.

7. Where do Thomas and June have dinner on the evening after June discovers the rifle grease in the crime scene photo?
(a) In her apartment.
(b) In a bar at the edge of Alta sector.
(c) In the Batalla Hall officers' mess.
(d) At a cafe in Tanagashi sector.

8. What surprising information does Thomas give June about Eden?
(a) Eden is not biologically related to Day.
(b) He does not really have the plague.
(c) Jameson is covering up the fact that Eden died on the way to Batalla Hall.
(d) Several warfront generals have been to see him.

9. When June and Thomas are at dinner, what does he say he will tell Commander Jameson?
(a) That June should not be the one to take Day his water ration anymore.
(b) That June has been illegally using the internet.
(c) That June has romantic feelings for Day.
(d) That June should be given some time off after Day's execution.

10. What does Day resolve to do if June's rescue plan fails?
(a) Die with quiet dignity.
(b) Find a way to get a message to his brothers.
(c) Fight until the very end.
(d) Bribe a guard to protect John.

11. Besides his theory about the plague, what other shocking information does Day share with June?
(a) The Colonies were once a part of the Republic.
(b) Children who fail their Trial are executed, not sent to labor camps.
(c) The Patriots are a secret government agency that spies on citizens for the military.
(d) The government deliberately creates food shortages to keep its citizens weak.

12. What does Jameson tell Day should make him feel lucky?
(a) He was not killed outside his mother's house.
(b) He will be executed quickly.
(c) He does not have the plague.
(d) He is not scheduled to be tortured.

13. When Thomas questions June about why she did not answer his knock on the previous evening, where does she tell him she was?
(a) Asleep in bed.
(b) At Batalla Hall.
(c) At the running track.
(d) On the roof.

14. What technique is being used when John tells Day, "I would rather die than see them hurt you" (275)?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Symbolism.

15. After his sentencing, where does Jameson order Day to be chained up for two days?
(a) On the roof of Batalla Hall.
(b) In the stairwell of Central Hospital.
(c) In an abandoned sewer pipe.
(d) Outside his family's old house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Day surprised about when the judge makes the official announcement of Day's arrest?

2. What secret does Metias reveal about the plague patrols?

3. What detail tells Day that he is in a government building?

4. What characteristic of Day's seems to impress Jameson the most?

5. About how many civilian protesters does the military kill?

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