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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraph 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What verb is used to describe the movement of the horses of Omelas?
(a) Waited.
(b) Pranced.
(c) Galloped.
(d) Trotted.

2. What two instruments are named when the narrator describes the livelier processions in Omelas?
(a) Drums and tambourines.
(b) Violins and cellos.
(c) Cymbals and fiddles.
(d) Tambourines and gongs.

3. What word is used to indicate the horses' communication with one another?
(a) Boasted.
(b) Chatted.
(c) Neighed.
(d) Teased.

4. The people of Omelas are not what kind of "folk" (3) according to LeGuin?
(a) Simple.
(b) Unexamined.
(c) Happy.
(d) Cowardly.

5. The calls of the children are described by using what adjective?
(a) Plaintive.
(b) Excited.
(c) High.
(d) Joyous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT a role LeGuin names in order to demonstrate the citizens' level of self-awareness?

2. The sky on the day described in Paragraph 1 is said to be what color?

3. What two modes of transportation does LeGuin imagine the people of Omelas using in order to reach the Festival of Summer?

4. The birds mentioned in the first line of the story are taking what action?

5. When LeGuin mentions several inventions that have yet to be created, what is NOT an object she mentions?

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