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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the same frightening objects are usually present within the scapegoat child's dwelling?
(a) 3.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Scores.
(d) 2.

2. What action does the musician child take when he is finished playing his instrument?
(a) He nods his head.
(b) He lowers his hands.
(c) He stands up.
(d) He sits down.

3. The floor of the scapegoat's dwelling is said to be what "to the touch" (8)?
(a) Sticky.
(b) Damp.
(c) Cold.
(d) Hot.

4. Toward what location do the processions move during the festival celebrations?
(a) The Green Fields.
(b) The Majestic Path.
(c) Town Square.
(d) The Great Meadow.

5. In what location is the scapegoat child kept?
(a) An attic.
(b) A shed.
(c) A cellar.
(d) A closet.

6. 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) Away from the crowd.
(d) In the thick of the crowd.

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

8. The people who see the scapegoat child do NOT feel what emotion?
(a) Outrage.
(b) Anger.
(c) Impotence.
(d) Self-loathing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word is used to describe the size of the woman who passes out flowers?

2. What word is NOT used to describe the tune played by the child with the instrument?

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

4. The young men participating in the festival's main event are said to be what?

5. The sound of what instrument is described as "imperious, melancholy, piercing" (6)?

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