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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 Matty say the trader asks of each person who goes forward to trade?

2. What is the defect of Mentor?

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

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

5. How did Trade Mart begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mentor's actions during Trade Mart?

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

3. 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?

4. What does Matty look for in Forest and what is his reaction when he finds it?

5. What does Leader tell Matty about how he received his books and why that was significant?

6. Why doesn't Matty care about the "subtlety" of the herbs as Seer does?

7. What does Seer ask of Matty after the people vote to close Village to outsiders?

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

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

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

List at least three specific scenes in the book. What role does each play in the story? Which is most important to the story? Why?

Essay Topic 2

What might have happened if Matty had chosen not to give his life in order to heal the land? Why was Matty willing to make that sacrifice?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Jean? Mentor? Rosy? Ramon? Vladik? Gatherer? Stocktender's widow? What is the role each plays in Matty's life?

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