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

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

3. Why does Day feel guilty for talking so much to Tess about his problems?
(a) She does not have a family of her own.
(b) He knows that she has a crush on him.
(c) He knows that it worries and upsets her.
(d) She never complains about her own problems.

4. When Day is explaining how the government treats the parents of children who have failed the Trial and he says, "What a thoughtful government," what is his tone (7)?
(a) Grateful.
(b) Enraged.
(c) Sarcastic.
(d) Objective.

5. What unusual thing does Commander Jameson do after Metias's death?
(a) Helps arrange his funeral.
(b) Refuses to replace him in her squad.
(c) Disappears from work for two days.
(d) Offers June a place to stay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What convinces Day that June is an undercover government agent?

2. How old was Tess when Day met her?

3. What clue from the hospital scene does June think holds a secret that might help her find Day?

4. What is the main thing that June notices about the Lake sector?

5. How does June end up in the fighting ring?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is June a kind of celebrity at Drake University?

2. Besides Notes, what things does Day take to his family's house at the end of Section 3: Part One, and what does he do with them?

3. When June arrives at the hospital, what does Commander Jameson expect her to do, and why?

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

5. What happens when the soldiers visit Day's mother's home?

6. As Day is settling down to sleep on the night that he kisses June, what does June notice about him, and what conclusion does she reach?

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

8. What important clues about Day's identity does June deduce from the break-in at the hospital?

9. 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?

10. What does June think would be the easiest way to lure Day out of hiding, and why does she think that she will not be allowed to enact this plan?

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