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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 does Thomas tell June she is under investigation for?

2. What dangerous natural event takes place in this final section of the book?

3. When June offers Day a last request, what does she signal him to choose?

4. What does June whisper to Day after his escape attempt?

5. What is Jameson so upset about when she tells Day that he is a bigger nuisance than he is worth?

Short Essay Questions

1. When June looks through her files on Day, what does she find suspicious--and what does she find out when she follows up on her suspicions?

2. What does June notice happening at the protest that causes her to fear for the protesters' safety?

3. When June looks closely at photos of Metias's body, what does she realize?

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

5. How does June react to the shooting of the protesters?

6. What is June's plan for freeing Day?

7. When June finds Kaede, what favor does she ask of the woman, and how does Kaede respond?

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

9. What happens when Thomas takes June home after the ball?

10. What advice does Metias give June about her actions after she learns the truth about the Republic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Toward the end of the book, June and Day discuss how they might have been changed as people had they been born into opposite circumstances. Write an essay that uses evidence from the text to argue whether, had they been born in opposite circumstances, June would have ended up as a criminal and Day would have ended up a Republican soldier.

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