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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What actions do the horses take that leads the young men and women to speak to them?
(a) They whinny.
(b) They rear.
(c) They kick.
(d) They stomp.

5. LeGuin states that for the happiness of Omelas to remain intact, not even what action can be taken in relation to the scapegoat child?
(a) Providing a family visit.
(b) Giving a breath of fresh air.
(c) Speaking a kind word.
(d) Giving a bath.

6. LeGuin states that to rescue the scapegoat child would be to "bring" (11) what emotion into Omelas?
(a) Glee.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Guilt.

7. The young men and women stroke what parts of their horses during the festival?
(a) Muzzles.
(b) Necks.
(c) Manes.
(d) Flanks.

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

9. The scapegoat child is said to recall the sound of whose voice?
(a) God.
(b) Its mother.
(c) The mayor.
(d) Its nanny.

10. The woman who passes out flowers does so using what type of receptacle?
(a) A pocket.
(b) A platter.
(c) A bag.
(d) A basket.

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

12. Over time, the scapegoat child is said to take what action "less and less often" (8)?
(a) Eat.
(b) Cry.
(c) Speak.
(d) Sleep.

13. What word is NOT used to describe the tune played by the child with the instrument?
(a) Sweet.
(b) Thin.
(c) Magic.
(d) Brooding.

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

15. The floor of the scapegoat child's dwelling is made of what material?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Stone.
(c) Linoleum.
(d) Wood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action is the scapegoat child said to be doing inside its dwelling?

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

3. How many paces wide is the dwelling of the scapegoat child?

4. What action does the musician child take when he is finished playing his instrument?

5. What quality of the scapegoat's existence results in favorable effects for all other citizens?

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