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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of soldiers have a uniform with a diagonal white strip across the chest?
(a) Executioners.
(b) Military police.
(c) Investigators.
(d) Warfront infantry.

2. What detail tells Day that he is in a government building?
(a) The cleanliness.
(b) The electricity.
(c) The air temperature.
(d) The bars on the door.

3. Where is Day when he regains consciousness after his escape?
(a) In Vegas.
(b) In Barstow.
(c) In Valencia.
(d) In the Lake sector.

4. What secret does Metias reveal about the plague patrols?
(a) Many of them are made up of Patriot spies.
(b) Their main job is actually to spread the plague.
(c) Sometimes they are actually injecting people with a vaccine.
(d) They are the ones who decide who fails the Trial.

5. What does June notice about the Elector Primo's appearance?
(a) He is more sickly and older than he appears to be in his portraits.
(b) He is much younger than he should be, considering how long he has been president.
(c) His left hand is prosthetic.
(d) The irises of his eyes have an odd gold tint.

6. What dangerous natural event takes place in this final section of the book?
(a) A hurricane.
(b) An earthquake.
(c) A wildfire.
(d) A tidal wave.

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

8. What reason does June give Day for having asked that Day's bullet wound be bandaged?
(a) She is starting to feel sorry for him and question his guilt.
(b) She is upset over the violence that took place during his capture.
(c) She does not want him to die before he can be executed.
(d) She wants to show her gratitude for his having saved her after the Skiz fight.

9. What is Day talking about on page 304 when he says, "You try to walk in the light"?
(a) He is telling June why he loves her.
(b) He is recalling the advice his father always gave him.
(c) He is explaining why he calls himself "Day."
(d) He is quoting a line from his favorite poem.

10. Which is the only crime Day is charged with that he will not confess to?
(a) The bank robbery.
(b) The hospital break-in.
(c) Setting military planes on fire.
(d) Metias's murder.

11. What does June realize when she sees Chian's purple and gold badge?
(a) He has also served in the air force.
(b) He has worked undercover.
(c) He is a wounded war hero.
(d) He once commanded the unit that Jameson commands now.

12. What does June think the Republic's motive might have been for altering Day's Trial score?
(a) He came from one of the poorest sectors.
(b) They sensed a spark of defiance in him.
(c) He personally offended Chian.
(d) His father has a criminal record.

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

14. What is the most likely reason for Jameson having rushed June while June was studying Metias's body at the crime scene?
(a) She was so upset about Metias's death that she was not thinking clearly.
(b) She needed June to get out of the way of the crime scene photographer.
(c) She was trying to keep June from noticing the second wound and other important evidence.
(d) She needed June to get started looking for Day immediately.

15. At the ball that June attends, what is everyone talking about?
(a) Day.
(b) June.
(c) The war.
(d) The election.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shoots a gun into the air to quiet the crowd at Day's sentencing?

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

3. As Day is regaining consciousness after his capture, what scene keeps playing over and over in his mind?

4. When June protests Thomas's order to fire on the crowd, how does Thomas respond?

5. Where do June and Day hide in Barstow?

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