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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the recurring dreams Claire has in which she is hiding her son, where does she keep him hidden?
(a) In a drawer.
(b) In a cupboard.
(c) In a bird's nest.
(d) In a treehouse.

3. Sophia tells Claire that the best time for her to come back to see her at the Nurturing Center is during what time?
(a) Play time.
(b) Nap time.
(c) Indoctrination time.
(d) Feeding time.

4. What keeps Claire from asking the boat worker the questions she would like to ask him about Elsewhere?
(a) She thinks that asking such questions is rude.
(b) She thinks that asking such is probably against the rules of the boat workers' union.
(c) She thinks that asking such questions is probably against the rules of the community.
(d) She thinks that asking such questions will make him think she is flirting with him.

5. What class had Claire and Sophia been in together at school?
(a) English.
(b) Science.
(c) Language.
(d) Math.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason does Sophia give Claire for the Nurturing Center staff not wearing nametags?

2. What excuse does the male Nurturer give when leaving work early on the last day Claire's son is at the Nurturing Center?

3. What reason does the male Nurturer give for not telling Claire her son's name?

4. Though Claire had never volunteered at the Nurturing Center, where had she spent most of her required volunteer time as a child?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Recognizing that she cannot ask for Sophia outright at the Nurturing Center, what does Claire say to the receptionist when she arrives?

2. What is Dimitri's explanation for why the community no longer has mammals?

3. What criterion does Claire give regarding how the Fish Hatchery had been chosen as her workplace and how does the criterion differ from others who work at the Fish Hatchery alongside her?

4. What reason does Sophia provide for parental units wanting to receive their assigned children once they are a little older, rather than when they are infants?

5. How does Claire feel about the river that borders the community?

6. What sets the birth of Claire's Product apart from those of the other Birthmothers in her dormitory?

7. What is Claire's son's comfort item and what had hers been during her childhood?

8. What change does Claire see in Jonas between the time she sees him racing another boy on his bicycle and the time she sees him walking alone along the river?

9. What is the cause of Dimitri's disappointment at the results of the Ceremony?

10. How does Claire feel about her work at the Fish Hatchery?

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