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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 is Day surprised about when the judge makes the official announcement of Day's arrest?
(a) Some people in the crowd are booing.
(b) June looks guilty and ashamed.
(c) The judge lies about when and where he was arrested.
(d) John is standing with the soldiers who are controlling the crowd.

2. Where do June and Day hide in Barstow?
(a) In a railway car.
(b) In the sewers.
(c) In an abandoned warehouse.
(d) On a rooftop.

3. What is Day talking about on page 304 when he says, "You try to walk in the light"?
(a) He is telling June why he loves her.
(b) He is explaining why he calls himself "Day."
(c) He is recalling the advice his father always gave him.
(d) He is quoting a line from his favorite poem.

4. When Day sees the people outside Batalla Hall on the monitors, what symbol does he notice some of them have adopted?
(a) A red streak in their hair.
(b) The red "X."
(c) Small red numbers.
(d) An upside-down Republican flag.

5. When June and Thomas are at dinner, what does he say he will tell Commander Jameson?
(a) That June has been illegally using the internet.
(b) That June has romantic feelings for Day.
(c) That June should not be the one to take Day his water ration anymore.
(d) That June should be given some time off after Day's execution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristic of Day's seems to impress Jameson the most?

2. Where do Thomas and June have dinner on the evening after June discovers the rifle grease in the crime scene photo?

3. Besides money, what else does June offer the Patriots in exchange for helping her free Day?

4. How does June get to the border between Alta and Winter sectors?

5. Which is the only crime Day is charged with that he will not confess to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when June meets the Elector Primo's son?

2. When Day asks June "Is she alive?" about whom is he talking, and what does June's reply make him think is probably true (171)?

3. What reasons does June have for not wanting to believe what Day tells her about the government spreading the plague on purpose?

4. What conflicting emotions does Day have about June when she walks into the interrogation room?

5. When June visits him on the rooftop, what arguments does Day give her for believing that the Republic is deliberately spreading the plague?

6. When June looks closely at photos of Metias's body, what does she realize?

7. What is implied about Day's father in the flashback to the day he returned home with the coin to show his wife?

8. Why does Day think that Thomas is not really interested in his answers to Thomas's questions about the Patriots, and what does he think is really bothering Thomas?

9. What parallel events happen just before Michael Iparis is killed and just before Metias Iparis is killed?

10. What two separate concerns does June have after Thomas tells her that the execution time has changed?

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