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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Amber done concerning Kayla?
(a) Applied for a bar code tattoo for Kayla.
(b) Told the authorities Kayla is avoiding applying for a bar code.
(c) Told Kayla they can no longer be friends.
(d) Told Kayla's parents that Kayla plans to run away.

2. Amber argues in favor of ___________________.
(a) Mfumbe as a boyfriend.
(b) Having her grandparents convince her parents to sign the applications.
(c) The tattoo.
(d) Going to film school instead of a traditional college.

3. Why are Amber's parents fighting when Kayla arrives at Amber's house?
(a) Amber's mother wants to take a vacation.
(b) They have been denied a home loan.
(c) They are fighting over where Amber will go to college.
(d) Amber's mother wants Amber to stop seeing Kayla and her father doesn't want that..

4. According to the newspaper's story, why was the person killed?
(a) His wife thought he was cheating.
(b) He was in the line of fire for another target.
(c) Her husband was angry and killed her.
(d) He created a ruckus about tattoos.

5. What does Allyson say about genetic coding and health care providers?
(a) The providers could use genetic coding as a basis for denying insurance.
(b) The providers could use coding to determine fee schedules.
(c) The providers could plan ahead financially if they knew the types of illnesses the people they insure might have.
(d) She does not mention genetic coding in her talk.

6. For whose death does Zekeal offer condolences to Kayla?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Her cat.
(c) Her grandfather.
(d) Her grandmother.

7. What does Kayla realize will happen if she gets a tattoo?
(a) She will at least be able to function in society.
(b) Her future is over.
(c) Zekeal will love her.
(d) She will not have to run anymore.

8. What does Kayla refrain from doing when Mfumbe asks her something?
(a) Fleeing from him.
(b) Confiding in him.
(c) Talking sarcastically to him.
(d) Lying to him.

9. What does Ashley tell Kayla to do?
(a) Get the tattoo.
(b) Think very hard before getting the tattoo.
(c) Don't get the tattoo.
(d) Join the youth rebellion.

10. Why is a particular character in the story residing at the Route Nine Motor Inn?
(a) The person is unemployed.
(b) The person has been evicted from their home.
(c) The person manages the motel.
(d) The person is evading the law.

11. What does Kayla not want to reveal about being late to the meeting?
(a) She was dealing with her drunken mother.
(b) She was trying to decide if she wanted to come to the meeting.
(c) She was interrogated by government agents.
(d) She was dealing with her brother who had used cocaine.

12. What is the consequence of Amber's father's defective tattoo?
(a) He is asked to have the tattoo redone.
(b) He is arrested for tampering with the tattoo.
(c) He is rejected for a home loan.
(d) He is arrested for fraud.

13. Based on his genetic profile, what was one medical predisposition Kayla's father had?
(a) Heart disease.
(b) ALS.
(c) Mental illness.
(d) Hodgkin's disease.

14. Why are Amber's parents feeling stressed about a planned move?
(a) They don't have enough money for the moving costs.
(b) They are moving into an area that is considered unsafe.
(c) They want to buy new furnishings but do not have the money.
(d) They now have nowhere to live.

15. What is proposed about persons seeking public assistance?
(a) They could not get assistance if they had enough money for a bar code.
(b) They would be given a free tattoo and genetic check when on public assistance.
(c) Their bar code would have to be read each time they came in for their check.
(d) They would have to have a bar code to receive assistance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What school does Kayla want to attend?

2. Why does Kayla decide not to have the tattoo?

3. What is the name of Kayla's high school?

4. Whose killing is reported by the newspaper?

5. What does Kayla reveal that she learned?

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