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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 do the soldiers do with the people outside who have painted a red streak in their hair?

2. What does Day do on page 259 that infuriates Jameson and causes her to throw him against a wall?

3. What does June's refusal to recite the pledge on page 250 show about her?

4. How does Day find out that John was executed in his place?

5. Where does June find out most of the Republic's meat really comes from?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Legend ends, what are Day and June planning to do next?

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

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 advice does Metias give June about her actions after she learns the truth about the Republic?

5. Explain why June throws her water glass against the wall and shatters it.

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

7. Why does Day find himself almost looking forward to his execution?

8. In Day's dream, what happens with the street policeman?

9. How does Day learn why the protesters are outside Batalla Hall, and what mixed emotions does he experience?

10. What does Jameson tell Day about his appearance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the use of Los Angeles as a setting in Legend. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay that analyzes the characterization of Eden in Legend. Support your ideas with evidence from the text.

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