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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Trial adminstrator?

2. What is Day talking about when he tells June "I couldn't help it" (138)?

3. What is true of most of the people who live in the sector where Day grew up?

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

5. What is the name of the friend that Day is with when the story begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Day the most wanted criminal in his country?

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

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

4. What does Day wish was possible for Tess, and why does he think it can never happen?

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

6. 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?

7. What is June's plan for luring Day into meeting her, and what does she hope will happen?

8. What details in the text show that June takes her life of privilege for granted?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that uses evidence from Legend to support, qualify, or refute the following statement: "The authors of dystopias reveal their fears about their own societies through the fictional societies that they create."

Essay Topic 2

Dystopias were originally written mostly for adult audiences. Over time, more and more dystopias have been marketed to tweens and teenagers, and few are written for adults these days. Write an essay in which you explore why this might be; your essay should not be about yourself and your own reading interests, but should instead offer insights into what makes dystopian fiction especially appealing to younger audiences in general. If you use outside sources as support, cite them in MLA format.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that analyzes the characterization of Eden in Legend. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.

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