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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. What is Claire's family's least favorite delivered meal?
(a) Beef prepared with fish oil.
(b) Fish stew.
(c) Grains prepared with fish oil.
(d) Fish oil capsules.

2. How does the male Nurturer find out the name of Claire's son?
(a) He asks Claire her son's name.
(b) He sneaks into the office and looks at the records.
(c) He writes to the Records Office.
(d) He uses a magnifying class to examine the infant's name tattoo.

3. 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) Chosen.
(c) Plucked.
(d) Picked.

4. During what times does Claire take her walks in order to run into the male Nurturer with her son in tow?
(a) At sunrise and at sunset.
(b) Before breakfast and after the evening meal.
(c) During lunch and after the evening meal.
(d) After breakfast and before the evening meal.

5. Though citizens of the community make their way around using only bicycles, large deliveries are transported by what type of vehicle?
(a) Boats.
(b) Coal carts.
(c) Trailers.
(d) Trucks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What occasion had prompted the community to perform the Ceremony of Loss a few years before the events of the narrative?

2. How many months after his birth does Claire teach her son to say her name aloud?

3. What is the name of the male Nurturer's daughter?

4. When Claire goes to the school to pick up the biology posters, what is the reason that there are no children in the school?

5. When Claire shows up again at the Nurturing Center, what reason is she given for being turned away?

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