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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. Once the maximum number of Newchildren is reached for the year, there are no more born until after what event?
(a) The next Ceremony.
(b) New Year's Day.
(c) Easter.
(d) The summer solstice.

2. When Claire picks up the biology posters from the school, she meets a former teacher of hers. What subject does this woman teach?
(a) Science.
(b) Math.
(c) Language.
(d) Home Economics.

3. 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 start taking pills once a doctor confirms they have entered puberty.
(c) Parents observe their children and decide when the time has come.
(d) Children are given a questionnaire that determines the day when they start to take pills.

4. 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) He hits her in the face.
(b) A worker snatches him away.
(c) An announcement comes over the loudspeaker telling Claire to back away.
(d) He bursts into tears.

5. What skill does Dimitri explain is unique to humans?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Contemplating.
(d) Smiling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What skill does Claire tell the boat worker that the members of her community are required to learn at the age of five?

2. Claire decides that if someone in authority tries to force her to take pills, she will do what before she gives up the love she feels for her son?

3. For what purpose does the male Nurturer find out the name of Claire's infant son?

4. When Jeanette mentions that everyone liked her father, she says he had been quiet, but what?

5. One of the workers at the Fish Hatchery says that the only reason Dimitri wants a spouse is so that he can have what?

(see the answer key)

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