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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. Whom does Cassia talk to on the air train on the way to the library?

2. Who is the other person who has shown up on Cassia's microcard?

3. Which of the following does NOT happen at Grandfather's Final Banquet?

4. What was in Xander's tablet container?

5. What is unusual about the screen when Cassia stands for her turn to be Matched?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ky different from everyone else during a film's death scene?

2. How does Cassia feel about her Match and the image of someone else's face on her micro card?

3. Explain how the Matching ceremony takes place.

4. Who is Cassia Matched to at the Match Banquet?

5. What outdoor activity is Cassia excited to undertake based on stories about nature that her family has told her?

6. What is no longer possible now that Grandfather's tissue samples have been lost?

7. Why is Cassia especially pleased with the Matching Banquet she and Xander are attending?

8. What role did Grandfather play in Cassia's life?

9. What is Cassia's special talent in the Society?

10. Why are the Officials searching Cassia's house after Grandfather is gone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the overall setting for the story. Why does the author use the setting she does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Xander and Ky. Both young men are trying to carve out new lives but seem to have different methods and goals. How are Xander and Ky alike? How are they different? On what things do they agree? What is the thing that threatens to separate them? What other similarities and dissimilarities are there between the two characters?

Essay Topic 3

Project into the future ten years after the end of the novel and write a brief synopsis for Cassia's life. Where will she be living? Who will be present in her life? To whom will she be Matched? What will her thoughts about Society be at this time?

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