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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. On the few occasions when the door to the scapegoat child's dwelling opens, the door makes what noise?
(a) It whines.
(b) It squeals.
(c) It shrieks.
(d) It rattles.

3. People who view the scapegoat child feel what emotion that they had assumed they were immune to?
(a) Pity.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Disgust.

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

5. What action is the scapegoat child said to be doing inside its dwelling?
(a) Crawling.
(b) Standing.
(c) Sitting.
(d) Kneeling.

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

7. The woman passing out flowers is described as having what type of body?
(a) Fat.
(b) Lithe.
(c) Thin.
(d) Muscular.

8. The scapegoat child is afraid of which objects within its dwelling?
(a) The buckets.
(b) The mops.
(c) The spiders.
(d) The water and food bowls.

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

10. What adjective is used to describe the horses' legs?
(a) Long.
(b) Fragile.
(c) Muscular.
(d) Slender.

11. The people who come to view the scapegoat child are said to feel in what way?
(a) Shocked.
(b) Conflicted.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Saddened.

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

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

14. LeGuin instructs the reader, saying, "Let me describe" (7) how many other things?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. LeGuin states that the scapegoat child "used to" (8) do what at night?

2. The scapegoat child promises to take what action if it is released?

3. What adjective is used to describe the eyes of the child who plays the instrument at the festival?

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

5. What age is the woman who passes out flowers at the festival?

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