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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. No one at the festival takes what action in response to the child who plays his instrument?
(a) Interrupts him.
(b) Pauses to listen to him.
(c) Speaks to him.
(d) Smiles at him.

2. The sound of what instrument is heard at the festival just when the child stops playing his own instrument?
(a) A trumpet.
(b) A gong.
(c) A xylophone.
(d) Cymbals.

3. LeGuin announces at the end of Paragraph 6 that "The Festival...has" what?
(a) Ended.
(b) Begun.
(c) Commenced.
(d) Started.

4. How many paces long is the dwelling of the scapegoat child?
(a) 12.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

5. What phrase or word involving time does LeGuin use in the first sentence of Paragraph 4?
(a) Ticking.
(b) By then.
(c) By now.
(d) Clock.

6. How many windows does the scapegoat child's dwelling have?
(a) 0.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

7. What age is the woman who passes out flowers at the festival?
(a) Old.
(b) In her adolescence.
(c) Middle-aged.
(d) Ageless.

8. What other action is the woman taking as she passes out flowers?
(a) She is cheering.
(b) She is laughing.
(c) She is weeping.
(d) She is murmuring.

9. The young men and women are taking what action in Paragraph 4?
(a) Mounting their horses.
(b) Saluting the king.
(c) Kissing each other goodbye.
(d) Waving to their mothers.

10. How old is the scapegoat child of Omelas, according to Paragraph 8?
(a) Nearly 10.
(b) 14.
(c) 12.
(d) Nearly 8.

11. How old does the scapegoat child of Omelas appear to be, according to Paragraph 8?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

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

13. The child who plays the instrument in Omelas never does what in relation to his audience?
(a) Sings to them.
(b) Hears them.
(c) Acknowledges them.
(d) Sees them.

14. In what location does the child sit as he plays his instrument in Omelas?
(a) In the center arena.
(b) At the back of the stage.
(c) In the thick of the crowd.
(d) Away from the crowd.

15. What type of contest lies at the center of the festival depicted in Omelas?
(a) A dressage event.
(b) A fight to the death.
(c) A race.
(d) A beauty contest.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what location is the scapegoat child kept?

2. The faces of the children at the festival are described as "amiably" (4) what?

3. The developmental delays apparent in the scapegoat child are NOT said to be caused by what?

4. LeGuin states that to rescue the scapegoat child would be to "bring" (11) what emotion into Omelas?

5. The young men and women stroke what parts of their horses during the festival?

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