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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the scapegoat child wear?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A hair shirt.
(c) A dress.
(d) A burlap sack.

2. The narrator states that the people who leave Omelas "seem to" (14) have what knowledge?
(a) What they face in the future.
(b) Why they must leave.
(c) Where they are going.
(d) Whom they are seeking.

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

4. What type of instrument is played by one particular child within Omelas?
(a) A drum.
(b) A flute.
(c) A tambourine.
(d) A xylophone.

5. The subtitle of the story "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" is "Variations on a theme by" whom?
(a) Dakota Daniels.
(b) William James.
(c) James Williams.
(d) Jeffrey James.

Short Answer Questions

1. The scapegoat child is said to "occasionally" (8) engage in what habit?

2. The woman who passes out flowers does so using what type of receptacle?

3. LeGuin says in Paragraph 3 that modern society has the bad habit of considering happiness as what kind of emotion?

4. Most people who come to view the scapegoat child are what?

5. What sort of clothing is worn by the people who exercise the horses?

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