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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. How did Trade Mart begin?

2. What does Matty do just before lighting the lamp?

3. What does Mentor say the puppy had done earlier that day?

4. What does Matty say the trader asks of each person who goes forward to trade?

5. What is the defect of Mentor?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Mentor.

3. Why does Matty send Jean for herbs and what does he do while she's gone?

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

5. What does the woman who's only recently arrived in Village say about her son and her other children?

6. What has changed in the village where Matty lived prior to coming to Village?

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

8. Describe Mentor's actions during Trade Mart?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the changes that Matty sees in Mentor? What does he come to learn about these changes? What is causing the changes?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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