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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 12-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wears the woman's flowers in their hair after taking them from her?
(a) The toddlers.
(b) The young men.
(c) The old crones.
(d) The young women.

2. If the scapegoat child were to be rescued, what elements of Omelas's society would be destroyed?
(a) All.
(b) Some.
(c) Few.
(d) Many.

3. What event is being celebrated at the depicted festival?
(a) Summer.
(b) New Year's Day.
(c) Winter.
(d) Solstice.

4. What aspect of law enforcement does LeGuin say Omelas lacks?
(a) Magistrates.
(b) Judges.
(c) The secret police.
(d) Investigators.

5. The people who decide to leave Omelas are said to walk across what feature of Omelas?
(a) The farmlands.
(b) The plains.
(c) The swamps.
(d) The foothills.

Short Answer Questions

1. LeGuin announces at the end of Paragraph 6 that "The Festival...has" what?

2. What type of feature is the location called the "Green Fields" (1)?

3. LeGuin asserts that the people of Omelas are not what kind of human ancestors?

4. The narrator states that the people who leave Omelas "seem to" (14) have what knowledge?

5. Of what material is the child's instrument made?

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