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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of body of water borders the community in which Claire grows up?
(a) A bay.
(b) A river.
(c) A lake.
(d) An ocean.

2. A community citizen is given his or her own dwelling only after what event occurs?
(a) Assignment of a gender.
(b) Assignment of a Newchild.
(c) Assignment of a job.
(d) Assignment of a spouse.

3. For what reason does Claire decide not to try to take her son out of the Nurturing Center during her second visit?
(a) She notices he has a security bracelet on his ankle.
(b) She knows she would be exiled for her actions.
(c) She knows she would be killed for her actions.
(d) She does not want to alarm the male Nurturer.

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

5. When Claire finds herself trying to analyze her own feelings for the very first time, what adjective does she use to describe the one emotion she has always felt?
(a) Tranquility.
(b) Contentment.
(c) Peace.
(d) Boredom.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What gift does Einar give to Claire once she is well enough to receive gifts?

4. Claire and Sophia cannot go into the room housing the youngest Newchildren because what condition is not met?

5. What does Einar NOT list among the actions his father had never taken in his raising of Einar?

(see the answer key)

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