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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Paragraphs 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The people exercising the horses have what substance all over parts of their bodies?
(a) Dust.
(b) Water.
(c) Mud.
(d) Hair.

2. In what manner do the young men and women speak to their horses?
(a) They whisper.
(b) They speak conversationally.
(c) They speak in a foreign language.
(d) They neigh and whinny.

3. The people exercising the horses on the Green Fields are said to have "long, lithe" (1) what?
(a) Digits.
(b) Limbs.
(c) Legs.
(d) Arms.

4. The subtitle of the story "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" is "Variations on a theme by" whom?
(a) Jeffrey James.
(b) James Williams.
(c) William James.
(d) Dakota Daniels.

5. LeGuin states that which two adjectives are helpful to define when deciding what elements to include within Omelas?
(a) Necessary and destructive.
(b) Exploitative and consumptive.
(c) Cruel and unusual.
(d) Cold and logical.

Short Answer Questions

1. LeGuin states that modern society only considers what element of life to be "interesting" (3)?

2. LeGuin instructs the reader, saying, "Let me describe" (7) how many other things?

3. LeGuin asserts that the people of Omelas are not what kind of human ancestors?

4. What element of the festival is described as bing "like a field of grass and flowers" (6)?

5. Crumbs of what food are said to be lingering in the gray beard of one festival attendee?

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