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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many fish does Matty say he caught the previous day?
(a) Four.
(b) Ten.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

3. What kind of stringed instrument does Seer play in the evenings?
(a) The book doesn't say.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A fiddle.
(d) A mandolin.

4. How many children did Gatherer have?
(a) One .
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

5. Which of the following is not an argument used to close Village to newcomers?
(a) None of them have money to care for themselves.
(b) We can't understand them.
(c) We need all the fish for ourselves.
(d) Our schools are too small .

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the smell Matty detects as he arrives at the Trade Mart?

2. What does Seer say is "creeping in" to the people of Village?

3. How does Matty measure his height?

4. What does Matty note about Ramon and his sister?

5. What does Matty say is his reason for going there?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Seer know Matty is about to leave the house, and what does Matty say about Seer's ability to detect movement?

2. What does Jean say to Matty in the marketplace about how her father's attitude has changed?

3. What does Seer tell Matty about Trade Mart?

4. Describe how Matty came to heal the frog in Forest.

5. List at least three ways Matty can tell that he's growing up.

6. Describe Mentor.

7. List two items that people traded for or tried to trade for during Trade Mart.

8. Describe the scene Matty sees as he is leaving the house for Forest.

9. What is Ramon's message at the beginning of chapter six and what do Matty and Seer do with that information?

10. How does Ramon manage to bring up the Gaming Machine while he and Matty are preparing to fish and what is Matty's reaction?

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