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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 does Tess think she and Day should do after they leave the house where the anonymous man has been sheltering them?

2. What clue from the hospital scene does June think holds a secret that might help her find Day?

3. When June is first introduced to the reader, why is she in trouble at school?

4. Why does the crowd from the fight end up chasing June?

5. What is the reward being offered for Day's capture?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the gifts that Day has brought for his family at the beginning of the book, and what do these gifts reveal about the lives of the poor?

2. Besides Notes, what things does Day take to his family's house at the end of Section 3: Part One, and what does he do with them?

3. What country do Day and June live in, and what does the government tell them is the cause of the war their country is in?

4. When June tells Thomas that she has found Day, what demands does she make about how Day's family should be handled?

5. What conflicting feelings does June have when she is just about to call Thomas to turn Day in?

6. What changes in Eden's condition does Day notice during Section 3: Part One of the book?

7. As Day is settling down to sleep on the night that he kisses June, what does June notice about him, and what conclusion does she reach?

8. What important clues about Day's identity does June deduce from the break-in at the hospital?

9. When she is in the Lake sector, what does June remember Metias saying about the poor, and what causes her to think of this?

10. What is Day doing when the story begins?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that analyzes how distinct June's and Day's narrative voices are: that is, do they "sound" like different people as they each narrate, or do their voices sound too similar? Support your ideas with quoted textual evidence.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that explores the various ways in which the government keeps the poor under control in Legend. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that compares and contrasts the settings where Legend's elites live with the settings where the poor live. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.

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