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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. No one at the festival takes what action in response to the child who plays his instrument?
(a) Interrupts him.
(b) Speaks to him.
(c) Pauses to listen to him.
(d) Smiles at him.

2. How many paces long is the dwelling of the scapegoat child?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 3.

3. What adjective is used to describe the eyes of the child who plays the instrument at the festival?
(a) Deep.
(b) Dark.
(c) Magnetic.
(d) Green.

4. The woman passing out flowers is described as having what type of body?
(a) Lithe.
(b) Thin.
(c) Muscular.
(d) Fat.

5. The scapegoat child is said to have "no understanding of" (8) what?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Kindness.
(c) Time.
(d) Humanity.

6. People who view the scapegoat child feel what emotion that they had assumed they were immune to?
(a) Empathy.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Pity.
(d) Disgust.

7. The scapegoat child finds the frightening object in it dwelling to be what?
(a) Sinister.
(b) Evil.
(c) Threatening.
(d) Horrible.

8. The young men and women are taking what action in Paragraph 4?
(a) Waving to their mothers.
(b) Kissing each other goodbye.
(c) Mounting their horses.
(d) Saluting the king.

9. In what location is the scapegoat child kept?
(a) A shed.
(b) A closet.
(c) A cellar.
(d) An attic.

10. Over time, the scapegoat child is said to take what action "less and less often" (8)?
(a) Cry.
(b) Speak.
(c) Eat.
(d) Sleep.

11. The woman who passes out flowers does so using what type of receptacle?
(a) A platter.
(b) A bag.
(c) A basket.
(d) A pocket.

12. LeGuin announces at the end of Paragraph 6 that "The Festival...has" what?
(a) Begun.
(b) Started.
(c) Ended.
(d) Commenced.

13. Finally, the scapegoat child is reduced to making only what type of noise?
(a) A sob.
(b) A whine.
(c) A groan.
(d) A grunt.

14. The people who come to view the scapegoat child are said to feel in what way?
(a) Shocked.
(b) Saddened.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Conflicted.

15. What adjective is used to describe the horses' legs?
(a) Slender.
(b) Muscular.
(c) Fragile.
(d) Long.

Short Answer Questions

1. The sound of the instrument played immediately after the child's performance emerges from what location?

2. The sound of what instrument is heard at the festival just when the child stops playing his own instrument?

3. The sound of what instrument is described as "imperious, melancholy, piercing" (6)?

4. The developmental delays apparent in the scapegoat child are NOT said to be caused by what?

5. How many windows does the scapegoat child's dwelling have?

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