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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the scapegoat child wear?
(a) A hair shirt.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A dress.
(d) A burlap sack.

2. The scapegoat child is said to recall the sound of whose voice?
(a) The mayor.
(b) Its mother.
(c) God.
(d) Its nanny.

3. How many paces wide is the dwelling of the scapegoat child?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. How many locked doors does the scapegoat's dwelling have?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

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

6. On the few occasions when the door to the scapegoat child's dwelling opens, the door makes what noise?
(a) It shrieks.
(b) It squeals.
(c) It rattles.
(d) It whines.

7. What smell at the festival is described as "marvelous" (4)?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Roasting meat.
(c) Flowers.
(d) The sea.

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

9. What other action is the woman taking as she passes out flowers?
(a) She is murmuring.
(b) She is laughing.
(c) She is weeping.
(d) She is cheering.

10. The people who see the scapegoat child do NOT feel what emotion?
(a) Anger.
(b) Outrage.
(c) Self-loathing.
(d) Impotence.

11. In what manner does the child playing the instrument take his next action after he stops playing?
(a) Slowly.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Reluctantly.
(d) Carefully.

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

13. What action does the musician child take when he is finished playing his instrument?
(a) He lowers his hands.
(b) He stands up.
(c) He sits down.
(d) He nods his head.

14. LeGuin instructs the reader, saying, "Let me describe" (7) how many other things?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

15. The floor of the scapegoat's dwelling is said to be what "to the touch" (8)?
(a) Cold.
(b) Sticky.
(c) Hot.
(d) Damp.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the same frightening objects are usually present within the scapegoat child's dwelling?

2. What phrase or word involving time does LeGuin use in the first sentence of Paragraph 4?

3. The young men and women stroke what parts of their horses during the festival?

4. The scapegoat child promises to take what action if it is released?

5. LeGuin announces at the end of Paragraph 6 that "The Festival...has" what?

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