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

2. For what purpose does the male Nurturer find out the name of Claire's infant son?
(a) In response to a dream he had experienced.
(b) As the result of a whim.
(c) In response to Claire's request.
(d) In hopes of making him more responsive.

3. What is the reason that the boat workers are forced to wait one full day after the boat's arrival in order to unload the community's supplies?
(a) They must wait for the community's trash to be delivered to the boat before they can leave.
(b) They have to wait for gasoline to be delivered.
(c) They have arrived on Ceremony Day and the children of the boat workers always participate in the events.
(d) They have arrived on Ceremony Day and every community member is busy.

4. When Jonas is skipped during the Twelves's part of the ceremony, the Chief Elder announces that Jonas is not being assigned, but is instead being what?
(a) Selected.
(b) Plucked.
(c) Picked.
(d) Chosen.

5. In an attempt to make the family's least favorite meal sound more appealing, what does Claire's mother say every time it arrives?
(a) It is high in vitamin D.
(b) Its arrival means they will have a good dessert.
(c) It is better than nothing.
(d) Its arrival means that at least they will not have it for another month.

Short Answer Questions

1. The boat worker tells Claire that the boat on which they travel is special due to what quality?

2. How many Newchildren are allowed to be born each year within the community?

3. At what meal does Claire first realize that every other worker is taking a pill besides her?

4. Where does Claire's son sleep when the male Nurturer takes him home at night?

5. A community citizen is given his or her own dwelling only after what event occurs?

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