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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the handicap of the new woman Matty stops to talk with?
(a) She has only one eye.
(b) She is blind.
(c) She limps.
(d) Her arm is twisted.

2. Why does Matty wish he was grown?
(a) So he won't have to go to school.
(b) So he could decide what and if he wants to eat.
(c) So he can get married.
(d) So he doesn't have to run errands .

3. What does Matty say he noticed about a very nice woman after the Trade Mart?
(a) She had trouble carrying the items she traded for.
(b) She wasn't nice.
(c) She was very pretty.
(d) She was standing muuch straighter.

4. What is Seer's response when Matty asks if Seer is afraid of Forest?
(a) That everyone is afraid of Forest.
(b) That it's an illusion.
(c) That only those with limited sight are afraid.
(d) That he's respectful of the Forest.

5. How did Trade Mart begin?
(a) It began as an opportunity to trade extra produce.
(b) It began as a way to obtain things from outside the village.
(c) It began as a way to trade recipes and information.
(d) No one remembers.

6. What does Matty do just before lighting the lamp?
(a) Checks for oil.
(b) Flips a switch.
(c) Makes certain there's no oil spilled on the table.
(d) Cleans the soot from the chimney.

7. Who does Matty say has recently been to a Trade Mart?
(a) Seer.
(b) Ramon.
(c) Leader.
(d) Matty.

8. What does Matty draw in the dirt near Jean's house?
(a) A heart with both their names.
(b) Two people holding hands.
(c) A skull and crossbones.
(d) Lips.

9. Why does Ramon say he has to go home?
(a) His supper is waiting.
(b) He has a cough.
(c) He's already late.
(d) He is in trouble .

10. Where does Seer say he got the bread for their supper?
(a) Seer baked it himself.
(b) At the marketplace.
(c) A neighbor brought it.
(d) Ramon's mother baked it.

11. What was the name of Matty's dog that died?
(a) Fido.
(b) Ruff.
(c) Dog.
(d) Branch.

12. What does Matty say Ramon's mother traded for?
(a) A new house.
(b) Another gaming machine.
(c) Candy for her gaming machine.
(d) Nothing.

13. What does Ramon say his parents traded for the Gaming Machine?
(a) His mother's kindness.
(b) He doesn't know.
(c) A great deal of money.
(d) His little sister.

14. What does Ramon ask Matty when they encounter each other near Jean's house?
(a) If Matty would like to go fishing.
(b) If Matty would like to have supper with his family.
(c) If Matty would help him with his homework.
(d) If Matty would send Seer to their house.

15. What kind of fish are Ramon and Matty fishing for?
(a) Catfish.
(b) Salmon.
(c) Cod.
(d) Carp.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Seer say when he learns that Matty plans to attend?

2. Who does Seer say he wants Matty to bring back from another village?

3. What is wrong with the frog Leader sees in Forest?

4. How does Matty say he plans to vote on the issue of closing Village to outsiders?

5. Who lives with Leader?

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