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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Claire give for her son's lack of distress upon her departure?
(a) He knows his mother would never leave him permanently.
(b) He knows she will be back.
(c) He loves the male Nurturer.
(d) He has not formed attachments to anyone.

2. How many Newchildren are allowed to be born each year within the community?
(a) 50.
(b) 75.
(c) 25.
(d) 15.

3. When a Newchild is showing signs of being ineligible for assignment, it is called a failure to do what?
(a) To succeed.
(b) To pass muster.
(c) To thrive.
(d) To live.

4. What name does she believe to be her son's after she overhears the male Nurturer using it?
(a) Jeff.
(b) Gabe.
(c) Matt.
(d) Abe.

5. What is the reason that the boat workers are forced to wait one full day after the boat's arrival in order to unload the community's supplies?
(a) They have arrived on Ceremony Day and the children of the boat workers always participate in the events.
(b) They must wait for the community's trash to be delivered to the boat before they can leave.
(c) They have arrived on Ceremony Day and every community member is busy.
(d) They have to wait for gasoline to be delivered.

6. In what month of the year does the Ceremony always take place in the community?
(a) January.
(b) June.
(c) February.
(d) December.

7. When Jeanette mentions that everyone liked her father, she says he had been quiet, but what?
(a) Nice.
(b) Compliant.
(c) Accommodating.
(d) Forceful.

8. What reason does Sophia give Claire for the Nurturing Center staff not wearing nametags?
(a) She says the children are not allowed to know the workers' names.
(b) She says the pins used to affix the nametags could hurt the children.
(c) She says the children would grab at them.
(d) She says the children are too young to read.

9. When Claire finds herself trying to analyze her own feelings for the very first time, what adjective does she use to describe the one emotion she has always felt?
(a) Peace.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Contentment.
(d) Tranquility.

10. When Jonas is skipped during the Twelves's part of the ceremony, the Chief Elder announces that Jonas is not being assigned, but is instead being what?
(a) Selected.
(b) Picked.
(c) Chosen.
(d) Plucked.

11. What is Claire's family's least favorite delivered meal?
(a) Fish stew.
(b) Beef prepared with fish oil.
(c) Grains prepared with fish oil.
(d) Fish oil capsules.

12. At what meal does Claire first realize that every other worker is taking a pill besides her?
(a) Breakfast.
(b) Dinner.
(c) Evening Snack.
(d) Lunch.

13. Dimitri tells the Fish Hatchery workers that a healthy diet does not include what?
(a) Grains.
(b) Marsupial.
(c) Mammal.
(d) Chemicals.

14. How is the right time determined for when each child in the community will begin to take pills?
(a) Children are given a questionnaire that determines the day when they start to take pills.
(b) Children start taking pills once a doctor confirms they have entered puberty.
(c) Parents apply to a committee and are provided with a date for pills to be started.
(d) Parents observe their children and decide when the time has come.

15. How many weeks pass between the birth of Claire's Product and the announcement that she has been decertified?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What skill does Dimitri explain is unique to humans?

2. What keeps Claire from asking the boat worker the questions she would like to ask him about Elsewhere?

3. Claire and Sophia cannot go into the room housing the youngest Newchildren because what condition is not met?

4. How old is Claire when she gives birth to the Product?

5. What class had Claire and Sophia been in together at school?

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