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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. 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) He is choking on the key that he had hidden in his mouth.
(c) The guards have set off a tear gas bomb.
(d) He is trying to make the guards think that he is sick.

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

3. What interrupts Thomas's interrogation of June?
(a) There is a power failure.
(b) The Patriots detonate a bomb.
(c) Jameson sends him outside to deal with protesters.
(d) June manages to get a gun away from one of the guards.

4. 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) His father has a criminal record.
(c) He personally offended Chian.
(d) They sensed a spark of defiance in him.

5. What do the Republic's records say happen to Daniel Altan Wing?
(a) He is currently living and working in a labor camp.
(b) He escaped a labor camp and vanished into the city.
(c) He was shot while trying to escape from a labor camp.
(d) He died of smallpox in a labor camp.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does June find out is responsible for her parents' deaths?

2. On page 229, when June finally accepts that Day did not kill her brother, how does Day describe the look on her face?

3. What are the soldiers hoping Day will do when they remove his chains on the morning before his execution?

4. What does Day resolve to do if June's rescue plan fails?

5. On page 236, when June talks about speaking cautiously, and she says "I tread carefully," what figure of speech is she using?

Short Essay Questions

1. What parallel events happen just before Michael Iparis is killed and just before Metias Iparis is killed?

2. How does Day learn why the protesters are outside Batalla Hall, and what mixed emotions does he experience?

3. Why does John have to sacrifice himself for Day?

4. In Day's dream, what happens with the street policeman?

5. What conflicting emotions does Day have about June when she walks into the interrogation room?

6. When June is fleeing from Thomas, what does he tell her, and what is her reply?

7. Why does Day find himself almost looking forward to his execution?

8. When John sees Day just before the execution, what does he tell Day?

9. What reasons does June have for not wanting to believe what Day tells her about the government spreading the plague on purpose?

10. What reward does June get for Day's capture, and what does she do with the reward?

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