1 What scene is depicted when the story opens? Ky is disposing of Vick's body. Ky and Vick are disposing of a body. Ky and Vick are reciting a poem. Vick is reciting a poem. 2 What is the poem said over the body? Emily Dickinson's "Battlefield" Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken" Dylan Thomas' "Do Not Go Gentle" Lord Alfred Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar" 3 Where is Cassia at the book's opening? About to head to Central Trading in Camas Province On a work detail in Tana Province In the Outer Provinces as a recruit 4 What painting does Cassia have a copy of? Crossing the Bar Girl with a Pearl Earring The Scream Chasm of the Colorado 5 Why are recruits heading up the mountain in Chapter 3? To fight back against the enemy To retrieve the fresh snow To dig graves To clean the poisoned water 6 What does Ky spend his time doing despite its prohibition? Asking around about Cassia Sharing poetry with Eli Digging graves for the dead recruits Collecting gun powder 7 Why does Cassia want to trade with the Archivist? To get back to her family To get to Central To find the Rising To find Ky 8 Why does Cassia tell Xander that she traded Ky's compass and not his blue tablets? To blackmail him To confuse him To make him jealous To comfort him 9 What does Vick reveal is true of the blue tablets? They sustain human life They calm you during anxious times They make you forget the events of the last 12 hours They're poisonous 10 Why does Ky want to take Eli on their escape to the Carving? Eli is too medically fragile to stay in the village. Eli is the only recruit who can sort. Eli reminds Ky of Cassia's brother, Bram. Eli's parents are dead. 11 What did Cassia ultimately receive in the trade with the Archivist? A story paralleling that of Sisyphus A map to the Rising A second copy of the Chasm of the Colorado A story of Tennyson's poem 12 How does Cassia get aboard the air ship the next morning? She agrees to give the Officers her blue tablets. She sneaks on when no one is looking. She takes the place of Indie, who ran off. She pretends to be an Official. 13 To which past event does Cassia's being taken to the Outer Provinces draw a parallel? Ky being taken from Oria Province Cassia being Matched to Xander Cassia being assigned a data sorter vocation Xander losing his tablets at the local pool 14 Why does Ky gather gun powder in Chapter 7? To prepare for when they escape to the Carving To bury with the bodies To make grenades out of their guns To set fire to the village 15 The recruits humming the Society's anthem as they work is an example of what? Situational irony Synecdoche Personification Allusion 16 Cassia and Indie hiding each other's concealed possessions on the airship is important because of what reason? It gets Indie to give Cassia something. It establishes trust between them. It allows Cassia to dispose of her blue tablets. Indie steals Cassia's microcard. 17 Why do Ky, Vick, and Eli run when they do? The village runs out of water. The village comes under fire. Other recruits get word of their escape plan. There are new, "different" recruits coming soon. 18 How did Ky discover that red tablets don't work on him? Ky and Xander took them at the same time and the tablets worked on neither. Ky was given one when he was forcibly taken from Oria. The Society fed him one when they killed his parents and then lied to him about how they died. He took one during a nutrition disposal shift one day. 19 How does Cassia convince the unnamed recruit to come with her and Indie? She lies to him about knowing the location of the Rising. She tells him about the red tablets. She promises him a reward (her blue tablets). She admits that the recruits are just there to die. 20 Indie likens their trek to the Carving to what? Running on a treadmill Being in a dream Escaping the Society in a boat Running a marathon 21 Having Ky as a narrator is a useful literary choice because of what reason? It informs the reader about things that Cassia doesn't know. Ky has a dry sense of humor. We learn more about Indie. He preaches about humility and kindness. 22 Ky, Vick, and Eli discover what about their jackets? They collect data on them. They are full of blue wires. They warm them artificially. All of these 23 Cassia not knowing about the blue tablet's true purpose is an example of what? Dramatic irony Allegory Allusion Purposeful imagery 24 How does Indie say that she became an Aberration? She went sailing without permission. Her father tried to escape the Society in a boat. Her mother tried to escape the Society in a boat. She tried to escape the Society in a boat. 25 How did the original Anomalies come to be? They wanted to farm cottonwood. They chose not to be part of the Society. They were reclassified after heinous crimes. They tried to help Aberrations escape. 26 Ky noticing a light on in the settlement is an example of what? Simile Allegory Metonymy Foreshadowing
