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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. Who is Xander?

2. Who is using the portscreen late at night when Cassia wants to use it?

3. Who gives Em a green pill at the music hall?

4. What was in Xander's tablet container?

5. Who had helped Xander find his lost tablet container once when they were young?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Cassia's ordered world thrown off when she looks at her micro card to learn more about Xander?

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

3. Where does Cassia decide to get rid of Grandfather's paper and why is it so risky?

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

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

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

7. What is the premise of "Matched"?

8. How are the red pills used as foreshadowing in the story?

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

10. Explain how the Matching ceremony takes place.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Cassia's relationship with her mother. How do Cassia and her mother both have to make hard decisions that affect people's lives? On what do they base these choices? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of rebellion. Identify at least two instances about rebellion in the book. Then cite examples to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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