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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two: Chapters 1-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a selkie?
(a) A mythical seal creature.
(b) A mythical walrus creature.
(c) A mythical mermaid creature.
(d) A mythical narwhal creature.

2. How is the right time determined for when each child in the community will begin to take pills?
(a) Parents observe their children and decide when the time has come.
(b) Children are given a questionnaire that determines the day when they start to take pills.
(c) Children start taking pills once a doctor confirms they have entered puberty.
(d) Parents apply to a committee and are provided with a date for pills to be started.

3. Why are the Vessels given blindfolds as they go into labor?
(a) So they will not see their own anatomy.
(b) So they will not see the faces of the midwives.
(c) So they do not see their Products.
(d) So they can meditate throughout the birth.

4. What occasion had prompted the community to perform the Ceremony of Loss a few years before the events of the narrative?
(a) The river drowning of a child named Caleb.
(b) The disappearance of Trademaster.
(c) The crib death of one of the Newchildren.
(d) The murder of the Chief Elder.

5. What type of animal inspires the greatest fear in Claire once she arrives in the village?
(a) Cows.
(b) Birds.
(c) Mice.
(d) Frogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What assignments are announced during the Twelves's part of the Ceremony?

2. How old are the three best friends Delwyth, Bethan, and Eira at the time of Claire's arrival in the village?

3. What is Claire's family's least favorite delivered meal?

4. What keeps Claire from asking the boat worker the questions she would like to ask him about Elsewhere?

5. During what times does Claire take her walks in order to run into the male Nurturer with her son in tow?

(see the answer key)

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