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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does June's comment about Ms. Whitaker's wrist reveal about June?
(a) She is observant.
(b) She is mischievous.
(c) She is a snob.
(d) She is insensitive.

2. What physical characteristic of Day's does June notice when she is following him around the Alta district?
(a) He favors his left leg.
(b) He seems to tire easily.
(c) He has a small tattoo on his inner wrist.
(d) He might be of Latinx or Native American descent.

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

4. What does Day say is "the most important thing in the world" (136)?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Money.
(c) Family.
(d) Loyalty.

5. What is the name of the Trial adminstrator?
(a) Tsim.
(b) Chian.
(c) Zhan.
(d) Tsien.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member(s) of Day's family does the military kill during the raid on Day's family's house?

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

3. In Day's dream, what does Eden do while Day and John try to fix the radio?

4. When June sees Day go into the quarantined house, how does it make her feel?

5. What does Day notice is different about "the Girl" (June) compared to other Lake sector girls?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the gifts that Day has brought for his family at the beginning of the book, and what do these gifts reveal about the lives of the poor?

2. What does June tell Tess is "very clever" of her, and how does Tess react to this praise (126)?

3. What is Day doing when the story begins?

4. When June tells Thomas that she has found Day, what demands does she make about how Day's family should be handled?

5. What conflicting feelings does June have when she is just about to call Thomas to turn Day in?

6. What are the things about June that Day finds attractive?

7. What happens when Day is reunited with his mother?

8. What roles do Day and Tess each take in the betting at the fights, and why do they arrange it this way?

9. After five days there, how does June's attitude toward the Lake sector change, and how does it stay the same?

10. What role does June play in the interrogation of the Colonial spy, and how does she seem to feel about it?

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