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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two, Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Theo still refuse to believe about Xan after he has met with him for the first time in years?
(a) He is evil.
(b) He is unloved.
(c) He likes the idea of the Man Penal Colony.
(d) He has become religious.

2. Xan and Theo are both named after whom?
(a) Biblical figures.
(b) Forefathers.
(c) Authors.
(d) Uncles.

3. What does Theo expect at the end of his meeting with Xan?
(a) The clamp of the Grenadier's hand.
(b) Xan to ask Theo to return to work for him.
(c) Another snide remark from Felicia.
(d) A door to be slammed behind him.

4. When Miriam buries her brother's ashes, what does she say?
(a) "What pain there is in being sent a loved one in the mail, burying them alone, and living to see they've died for nothing."
(b) "I remember that it was raining and when I poured the white grit into the hole it was as if the whole garden was crying."
(c) "Pouring the ashes into ground, watching them collapse upon another... it was how I knew what I must do."
(d) "He had died for this nation's paranoia, this unnerving fear of what isn't. You must help us, Theo."

5. What are the legal requirements regarding newborn domestic animals?
(a) All are humanely euthanized.
(b) A male and a female from each litter may be kept.
(c) Only one female from the first litter, and one male from the second may be kept.
(d) A local council-person picks the best of the litter to survive, the rest are destroyed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Theo put in his pocket in Chapter 22?

2. Why is Rolf sure he can become Warden of England?

3. Who has Theo previously been to Blythburgh with?

4. In Chapter 12, who else is at the meeting with Xan that Theo thought would be private?

5. What is Xan wearing when he surprises Theo at the car in Chapter 13?

(see the answer key)

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