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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the atmosphere in the Council Edifice as people gather for the singing of the Ruin song?
2. What title is Thomas given during the Ruin song ceremony?
3. What area do Kira and Thomas pass as they look for Matt in Chapter 17?
4. Who accompanies Kira to her room after the Ruin song is over?
5. How does the Ruin song begin?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Kira find suspicious about Jo's situation, and why?
2. What does Thomas claim to have heard in Chapter 12 and how do the children react to his claim?
3. What does Matt's journey through the woods reveal?
4. Why is Kira's father still alive?
5. Why does Kira cry after returning from Jo's room at the end of Chapter 16?
6. How does Kira spend her rainy day in Chapter 12?
7. Describe Thomas, Kira, and Matt's exploration of the lower floor of the Edifice.
8. What is Kira to do on the blank section of the Singer's robe, and how does she react to her new task?
9. How are Kira, Thomas, and Jo treated during the Gathering ceremony?
10. What do the Ruin song and the Singer's robe reveal about the history of Kira's world?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the significance of the Ruin Song. What does it symbolize for Kira's people? How has it been altered though the years? What effect does this alteration have on Kira's people? After the Gathering, what does the Ruin Song symbolize to Kira?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the importance of the color blue in the novel. Why is Kira searching for blue? Who has access to the plants that create blue dye? What does the color blue symbolize in the novel? How will its discovery affect Kira's character and her people?
Essay Topic 3
What are the physical, social, emotional, and spiritual affects the deaths of Kira's parents have on her character? How does Kira's need to physically survive outweigh her emotional needs?
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