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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. When Day sees the people outside Batalla Hall on the monitors, what symbol does he notice some of them have adopted?

2. What does June tell Day is the reason she threw away her life of privilege to rescue him?

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

4. What is Day surprised about when the judge makes the official announcement of Day's arrest?

5. What caused Metias to ask to be transferred out of Chian's squad?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is implied about Day's father in the flashback to the day he returned home with the coin to show his wife?

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

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

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

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

7. Explain why June throws her water glass against the wall and shatters it.

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

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

10. When June visits him on the rooftop, what arguments does Day give her for believing that the Republic is deliberately spreading the plague?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that analyzes how distinct June's and Day's narrative voices are: that is, do they "sound" like different people as they each narrate, or do their voices sound too similar? Support your ideas with quoted textual evidence.

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

On page 304, Day reveals the meaning behind his self-given street name. Write an essay in which you use evidence from Legend to evaluate how well he lives up to the values expressed in his choice of name.

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