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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 look for when he goes inside Mentor's house?

2. What does Matty realize about Mentor?

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

4. What is the creature Matty finds soon after entering Forest?

5. What is Matty planning to buy at the marketplace?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Matty and Seer often spend their evenings and why does Matty say he wants a Gaming Machine?

2. What does Leader say about food and animals in the village where he'd lived as a child?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the author's purpose of referring to "Village" rather than "the village?" Does the author serve this purpose? Is the purpose the same when referring to "Forest?" Why does Matty live in "Village" while Kira lives in "the village?"

Essay Topic 2

Write a comparison of the characters of Matty and Leader. Be sure to consider the roles of each in the lives of the people of Village.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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