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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. LeGuin states that for the happiness of Omelas to remain intact, not even what action can be taken in relation to the scapegoat child?
(a) Speaking a kind word.
(b) Giving a breath of fresh air.
(c) Giving a bath.
(d) Providing a family visit.

3. LeGuin states that the scapegoat child "used to" (8) do what at night?
(a) Whisper.
(b) Hum.
(c) Scream for help.
(d) Cry.

4. If the scapegoat child were to be rescued, what elements of Omelas's society would be destroyed?
(a) Some.
(b) Few.
(c) All.
(d) Many.

5. The scapegoat child is afraid of which objects within its dwelling?
(a) The spiders.
(b) The water and food bowls.
(c) The buckets.
(d) The mops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the scapegoat child wear?

2. What action is taken to get the scapegoat child to move?

3. What action does the onlooker want to see the scapegoat child take?

4. What smell at the festival is described as "marvelous" (4)?

5. LeGuin states that to rescue the scapegoat child would be to "bring" (11) what emotion into Omelas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What answer does LeGuin expect from the reader in answer to her four questions and why?

2. For what purpose does LeGuin provide a time marker at the start of Paragraph 4?

3. In what way does LeGuin magnify the role of the child musician within Omelas?

4. What is LeGuin's purpose for portraying the child who plays a musical instrument within the community of Omelas?

5. Describe the riders' interactions with their horses before the Festival of Summer race.

6. For what purpose does LeGuin include the motif of pain within Paragraph 8?

7. Describe the child who plays a musical instrument within Omelas.

8. What details are given about the scapegoat child's future?

9. LeGuin provides what sort of time marker within the beginning of Paragraph 4?

10. How is food used to indicate the satisfaction of Omelas's citizens?

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