1. The boat worker tells Claire that the boat on which they travel is special due to what quality?
(a) It can generate its own drinking water.
(b) Its maintenance is being subsidized by the government.
(c) It can go twice as fast as other boats.
(d) It can sail in either the river or the sea.

2. What is the only way to escape the village's boundaries once the winding path up the cliff ends?
(a) One must pray to the heavens for mercy.
(b) One must call upon the Trademaster for help.
(c) One must scale the sheer rock wall.
(d) One must sacrifice the life of a living animal.

3. What happens when Claire visits the Nurturing Center for the last time and reaches for her son as he is playing on the floor?
(a) An announcement comes over the loudspeaker telling Claire to back away.
(b) He hits her in the face.
(c) A worker snatches him away.
(d) He bursts into tears.

4. Why do the children in the schoolyard gaze curiously at Claire when she is on her way to the Fish Hatchery?
(a) She is riding a scooter and everyone else drives cars.
(b) She is riding a bicycle and everyone else walks.
(c) She is walking and everyone else rides bicycles.
(d) She is riding a tandem bicycle with no one in the second seat.

5. Where does Claire's son sleep when the male Nurturer takes him home at night?
(a) In the room of the male Nurturer's son.
(b) On the patio.
(c) In the room of the male Nurturer and his wife.
(d) In the bathtub.