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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 are the games Matty sees children playing as he heads to the marketplace?

2. Who does Jean say her father has gone to see?

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

4. Who lives with Leader?

5. What kind of fish are Ramon and Matty fishing for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leader say Matty should name the puppy and how does Matty decide to follow the advice?

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

3. What does Jean tell Matty about her father's trade?

4. What does Matty note about Mentor when they encounter each other in chapter six?

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

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

7. Why doesn't Matty want to tell Seer where he's going after supper?

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

9. There's a group gathered in chapter eleven to consider closing Village to outsiders. What does Seer say during that meeting about Matty's arrival at Village and what is the response of a neighbor woman?

10. Why doesn't Matty tell Jean that he can use his gift to change her father back?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Matty tells about several people of Village who have deformities. How are people with deformities and disabilities treated in Village? Compare that to how they are treated in other villages. Which is nearer the truth of how those people would be treated today in your town?

Essay Topic 2

How does Matty come to live in Village? What was the reaction of the people who welcomed him then? What does the woman say when Seer reminds them of Matty's arrival to Village? What effect do the woman's words have on Matty? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Matty's trip through Forest after the vote is taken to close Village. What changes does he note are happening? Compare that to Matty's trip back with Kira.

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