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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 color are Leader's eyes?

2. What is the weather like as Matty is preparing to leave?

3. How does Leader find the path after he's become lost?

4. How long does Matty know he can wait before returning to Village with Kira?

5. What does Matty note about Kira's eyes when she's working on the tapestry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the daily meetings between Leader and Seer as Leader watches the progress of Matty of Kira's journey.

2. How does Matty convince Kira that his gift is real and what does he tell her about healing humans?

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

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

5. 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?

6. Why does Matty tell Kira to take up her embroidery again in chapter nineteen?

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

8. Describe Kira's gift and the role it played in her decision to go with Matty to her father's home.

9. What were some of the things Kira had done for Matty when he was a child?

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

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

The Gaming Machine represents a desire for materialistic things. What does Matty say early in the story about his own desire for a Gaming Machine? What does Seer say? What does Matty come to realize about the Gaming Machine? Why does his view change?

Essay Topic 3

List three of the most important characters in the book. What is the role of each in the story? What are the most believable aspects of each character? What are the least believable aspects of each?

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