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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How old is the child who plays one particular instrument in Omela?
(a) 8 or 9.
(b) 9 or 10.
(c) 11 or 12.
(d) 6 or 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the same frightening objects are usually present within the scapegoat child's dwelling?

2. The floor of the scapegoat's dwelling is said to be what "to the touch" (8)?

3. In what location is the scapegoat child kept?

4. The children of Omelas learn about the scapegoat child when they are between what ages?

5. The people who see the scapegoat child do NOT feel what emotion?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does LeGuin focus on the citizens' awareness of the scapegoat child's presence?

2. What details are given about the scapegoat child's future?

3. What is the "one more thing" (7) LeGuin shares about Omelas in Paragraph 8?

4. On what types of food does the scapegoat child survive?

5. For what purpose does LeGuin include the motif of pain within Paragraph 8?

6. How does the scapegoat child's behavior change over time?

7. What details are given about the scapegoat child's present?

8. For what purpose does LeGuin provide a time marker at the start of Paragraph 4?

9. How does LeGuin acknowledge that her story of Omelas sounds too good to be true before she reveals Omelas's one moral failing?

10. Describe the woman who hands out flowers during the festival.

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