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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Kayla decide not to have the tattoo?
(a) Because of her vision.
(b) She is angry with Amber.
(c) Her boyfriend convinced her to wait.
(d) She's afraid of infection.

2. What is the consequence of Amber's father's defective tattoo?
(a) He is arrested for tampering with the tattoo.
(b) He is rejected for a home loan.
(c) He is arrested for fraud.
(d) He is asked to have the tattoo redone.

3. According to Amber, what does not hurt?
(a) Taking some time off after graduation.
(b) The tattoo.
(c) Cultivating the right people's friendship.
(d) Researching options.

4. According to Ashley, what is the cause of Joseph's death?
(a) A protest over the direction society is taking.
(b) Weak heart.
(c) A mixture of prescription drugs.
(d) The bar code.

5. When are students supposed to receive their tattoo?
(a) On their 21st birthday.
(b) At their high school graduation.
(c) On their 10th birthday.
(d) On their 17th birthday.

6. Whom does Amber know in Nevada?
(a) No one.
(b) Her great-grandmother.
(c) Her best friend from elementary school.
(d) A cousin.

7. What does Gene think of the tattoos?
(a) They are evil.
(b) They are necessary for crowd control.
(c) They are a means of helping people in distress.
(d) They are a great convenience.

8. What is Gene's job?
(a) Maintenance worker.
(b) Tattoo artist.
(c) Window clerk.
(d) Sorter

9. What is proposed about persons seeking public assistance?
(a) They could not get assistance if they had enough money for a bar code.
(b) Their bar code would have to be read each time they came in for their check.
(c) They would be given a free tattoo and genetic check when on public assistance.
(d) They would have to have a bar code to receive assistance.

10. What is one argument against the tattoo?
(a) It is potentially dangerous.
(b) It is an infringement on privacy.
(c) It is unsightly.
(d) It leads to the State having too much power.

11. What does Kayla do in the vision she has at Zekeal's place?
(a) Blow up the President's home.
(b) Blow up a bar code records repository.
(c) Persuade people to remove their tattoos.
(d) Persuade the pilot to leave the area.

12. Where do Amber and Kayla agree to meet?
(a) The police station.
(b) The mall.
(c) The library.
(d) Global-1 offices.

13. Where is Kayla Reed at the beginning of the novel?
(a) In her bedroom.
(b) Talking with her best friend on the phone.
(c) At tennis practice.
(d) At school.

14. In her vision, where does Kayla see herself?
(a) On top of a bare mountain near the coast.
(b) In an art gallery in Paris.
(c) In the desert.
(d) In a crowd of people headed for a large city.

15. What do Young's opponents say about those who are opposed to bar code tattoos?
(a) The opponents are anarchist hippies.
(b) The opponents are people who would not benefit from the tattoo system.
(c) The opponents are uninformed.
(d) The opponents are just young rebels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Amber have that Kayla does not?

2. What is Kayla's mother looking at on the computer?

3. Why is Kayla unlikely to qualify for a scholarship?

4. Who is living at the Route Nine Motor Inn?

5. What happens if the hospital determines a child may have a future problem?

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