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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 tips Matty off that Frolic has eaten a bird?

2. What does Matty tell Kira about the horrible smell that's coming from Forest?

3. How many days remain before Village will be closed on the day Matty and Kira enter Forest?

4. What does Kira wrap her feet in before heading out the second day?

5. What kind of animal bites Matty during his trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leader do to prepare for his journey into Forest and why?

2. Why is Kira scorned by the people of her village and why is she needed?

3. What is the memory Matty has about Jean as he's talking to Kira when they camp for the first night in Forest? What does he tell Kira about Jean?

4. What is Matty's task with regard to the decision to close Village to outsiders?

5. What are some of the changes Matty notes about Forest as he begins his journey?

6. Describe what Matty sees when he is healing Forest.

7. What are Matty's first injuries from Forest and what does he know it means?

8. What has Seer discovered about the changes of the Forest from his home and how does he make this discovery?

9. What does Matty find that makes him think of the newly-arrived group at Village?

10. What do Kira and Leader say when Kira reveals Matty's hope for his true name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Matty's gift? How does he discover it? List the four times he uses it. What is the purpose each time? What does Matty think about his gift?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Compare the attitudes of the people of Village to the atmosphere of Forest. How does each change over the course of the book and why?

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