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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book One: Chapters 9-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what month of the year does the Ceremony always take place in the community?
(a) June.
(b) February.
(c) December.
(d) January.

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

3. When Claire goes to the school to pick up the biology posters, what is the reason that there are no children in the school?
(a) A fire drill is occurring.
(b) It is a Saturday.
(c) It is a Sunday.
(d) They have all gone to their volunteer jobs.

4. What age group is the only group to be given their assignments on the second day of the Ceremony?
(a) Tens.
(b) Elevens.
(c) Twelves.
(d) Nines.

5. The normal procedure for a Birthmother is to take the pills for how many months before getting ready to produce her second Product?
(a) Six.
(b) Ten.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though citizens of the community make their way around using only bicycles, large deliveries are transported by what type of vehicle?

2. What type of body of water borders the community in which Claire grows up?

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

4. How many weeks pass between the birth of Claire's Product and the announcement that she has been decertified?

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

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