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

2. What is the name of the male Nurturer's daughter?
(a) Alice.
(b) Peggy.
(c) Stephanie.
(d) Lily.

3. 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 probably against the rules of the community.
(b) She thinks that asking such questions will make him think she is flirting with him.
(c) She thinks that asking such questions is rude.
(d) She thinks that asking such is probably against the rules of the boat workers' union.

4. When Sophia reluctantly agrees to give Claire a tour of the Nurturing Center, what time does she say is approaching?
(a) Feeding time.
(b) Nap time.
(c) Indoctrination time.
(d) Alpha ray time.

5. At what meal does Claire first realize that every other worker is taking a pill besides her?
(a) Lunch.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Evening Snack.
(d) Dinner.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The normal procedure for a Birthmother is to take the pills for how many months before getting ready to produce her second Product?

3. What age group is the only group to be given their assignments on the second day of the Ceremony?

4. Why do the children in the schoolyard gaze curiously at Claire when she is on her way to the Fish Hatchery?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason are the Nurturers considering keeping Claire's son at the center for another year before assigning him to a parental unit?

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

3. How is the boat's cook Marie described by the narrator?

4. What reason does the narrator give for all of the Fish Hatchery workers being fond of the director, Dimitri?

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

6. From what building does Claire avert her eyes on her walk from the Birthmother Dormitory to the Fish Hatchery, and why?

7. 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?

8. Upon finally seeing Marie on the boat, what questions arise in Claire's mind?

9. When Claire declares that she hates her life, what aspects of her life does she say she despises?

10. What does Claire realize during breakfast one day when she sees the other Fish Hatchery workers cleaning up their tables and getting ready to begin work?

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