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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 8-11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Crumbs of what food are said to be lingering in the gray beard of one festival attendee?
(a) Pastry.
(b) Fries.
(c) Peanut shells.
(d) Fruit.

2. How many people are said to experience happiness due to the misery of the scapegoat child?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Millions.
(c) Thousands.
(d) Scores.

3. The developmental delays apparent in the scapegoat child are NOT said to be caused by what?
(a) Fear.
(b) Neglect.
(c) Malnutrition.
(d) Torture.

4. The people of Omelas are said to lack what type of leader?
(a) A magistrate.
(b) A public steward.
(c) A king.
(d) A mayor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the same frightening objects are usually present within the scapegoat child's dwelling?

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

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

4. The people who come to view the scapegoat child are said to feel in what way?

5. LeGuin states that she has what goal in relation to the reader?

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