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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 does Matty say Gatherer would give him if they encountered each other?
(a) Bread.
(b) Flour.
(c) Berries.
(d) Vegetables.

2. What does Matty hope his true name will be?
(a) Healer.
(b) Messenger.
(c) Leader.
(d) Trainer.

3. What is the smell Matty detects as he arrives at the Trade Mart?
(a) Candy.
(b) Spearmint.
(c) Unhappiness.
(d) Pine.

4. What does Seer say about Ramon's voice among those keening?
(a) That Ramon is nearly a man.
(b) That Ramon doesn't know how to keen correctly.
(c) That Ramon has learned well.
(d) That Ramon has a cough.

5. Why does Matty wish he was grown?
(a) So he doesn't have to run errands .
(b) So he won't have to go to school.
(c) So he can get married.
(d) So he could decide what and if he wants to eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Matty go to pick up the puppy from Jean's house?

2. How does Matty measure his height?

3. Who does Matty say has recently been to a Trade Mart?

4. What is the prize from the Gaming Machine?

5. Who lives with Leader?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Matty send Jean for herbs and what does he do while she's gone?

2. What does the woman who's only recently arrived in Village say about her son and her other children?

3. What is Matty's attitude about lying, and what is the lie he tells Ramon?

4. What is Matty's condition, and what does he do after healing the puppy and its mother?

5. Describe how Seer and Matty know about Gatherer's death and what they know about those keening for him.

6. What does Matty note about Mentor when they encounter each other in chapter six?

7. What does Matty remember in chapter three about his home before coming to Village, and what does he know about this kind of home?

8. What does Leader tell Matty about how he received his books and why that was significant?

9. What does Leader say about food and animals in the village where he'd lived as a child?

10. What does Jean say to Matty in the marketplace about how her father's attitude has changed?

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