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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. Where does Matty's mother live now?
(a) In a village across the river.
(b) In Village near Mentor.
(c) Just at the edge of Forest.
(d) She's dead.

2. What are the games Matty sees children playing as he heads to the marketplace?
(a) Chase and Mother May I.
(b) Catch and baseball.
(c) Jump rope and Red Rover.
(d) Tag and hide-and-seek.

3. How did Trade Mart begin?
(a) It began as a way to trade recipes and information.
(b) No one remembers.
(c) It began as an opportunity to trade extra produce.
(d) It began as a way to obtain things from outside the village.

4. What announcement is made about an event the following night?
(a) Only adults will be allowed to attend Trade Mart.
(b) Trade Mart's location has been moved.
(c) It's the night for Trade Mart.
(d) Trade Mart has been canceled.

5. Why does Seer light a lamp as Matty is preparing to leave?
(a) So their guests can see to eat.
(b) He doesn't light a lamp.
(c) In case Matty comes home after dark.
(d) So Seer can finish a needlepoint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of wood is the Seer's instrument made of?

2. How was the frog injured?

3. What does Matty say the trader asks of each person who goes forward to trade?

4. How many fish does Matty say he caught the previous day?

5. How many people does Seer say are grieving for Gatherer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Seer know Matty is about to leave the house, and what does Matty say about Seer's ability to detect movement?

2. Describe how Matty came to heal the frog in Forest.

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

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

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

6. What are some of the things Leader sees from his home in chapter two?

7. What does Leader say Matty should name the puppy and how does Matty decide to follow the advice?

8. What is Ramon's message at the beginning of chapter six and what do Matty and Seer do with that information?

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

10. List at least three ways Matty can tell that he's growing up.

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