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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 Cassia want to be able to write?

2. What do Ky and Cassia do with her birthday poem so they don't get in trouble?

3. What is inside the letters N, E, S, W on the item in #73?

4. Where do Ky and Cassia kiss for the first time?

5. What is Cassia's job when she is taken to the place where Ky works?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways are Cassia and her mother alike?

2. Why does Cassia hold back from telling Ky that she saw his face on the screen at her Match Banquet?

3. What is Society doing in the middle of the night that Cassia's mother considers to be a warning for her?

4. What does Ky give to Cassia after they kiss on top of the hill?

5. How does Cassia realize that she and her mother are alike?

6. Why does Cassia have such a connection with nature?

7. What very difficult sorting decision does Cassia make regarding Ky and his workplace?

8. What secret activity does Cassia ask Ky to teach her?

9. How are Cassia and her family warned about their behavior with the cutting of the maple trees?

10. How does the Official subtly blackmail Cassia regarding her sorting work and the choices she makes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe Grandfather. What is his role in the novel? What was the author trying to accomplish by introducing Grandfather's character in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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