View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Besides his pendant necklace, what item of clothing does Day almost always wear?

3. Why does Day let his mother think that he is dead?

4. What is the "ten-second place" (71)?

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

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 history does Chian have with June and with Day?

3. When June checks in with Thomas on the morning after the Skiz fight, what reactions does he have as she updates him on her activities?

4. What does Tess do take care of Day when he is injured?

5. What changes in Eden's condition does Day notice during Section 3: Part One of the book?

6. How does June get into trouble after the fight, and how does Day save her?

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

8. What is Day doing when the story begins?

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

10. Describe June's reaction to the news of her brother's death.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that explores the various ways in which the government keeps the poor under control in Legend. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that compares and contrasts the contemporary American government with that of the Republic. Support your ideas with evidence from Legend and from accurate, authoritative sources on the history, structure, and policies of the American government.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that analyzes the symbolic significance of names in Legend. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,043 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample