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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 Leader feel when he enters Forest?

2. What is Kira drinking as she and Matty talk about their gifts?

3. What weapon does Leader say he needs in order to rescue Matty and Kira?

4. What does Leader compare the "thickening" of Forest to?

5. What happens to Leader as Matty's power is unleashed on the earth?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Matty's reaction when Kira takes out her embroider and what does Kira discover after she's worked at it?

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

4. What does Matty say about the comparison of Frolic's death with that of Branch?

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. Describe the thoughts and statements of Matty and Kira regarding the amount of ground they'd covered their first day.

7. What is the message Seer asks Matty to give Kira and why is Matty supposed to give Kira a message at all?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Matty come to live in Village? What was the reaction of the people who welcomed him then? What does the woman say when Seer reminds them of Matty's arrival to Village? What effect do the woman's words have on Matty? Why?

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

There are two widows referred to in the story - Stocktender's widow and Gatherer's widow. Why do the two women not have a name of their own? What does this say about the society? What does it say about the people?

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