Gathering Blue

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What does the careful control of color and art demonstrate that the Council fears?

A) Education and truth

B) Joy and love

C) Diversity and complexity

D) Disorder and chaos

2. Which are the main mechanisms for maintaining power in Kira’s community?

A) Alliances and negotiation

B) Bribery and guilt

C) Propaganda and lies

D) Violence and fear

3. Which of the novel’s themes is most clearly supported by the scarcity in the village combined with its treatment of people who are viewed as weak and its rigid routines and conformity?

A) Brutality and corruption are often a part of maintaining power.

B) Differences and diversity are a source of strength.

C) Artists have the power to guide people to a better future.

D) Fear is often used to manipulate people into obedience.

4. Which character’s situation does Kira worry might become her own situation?

A) Thomas’s

B) Jo’s

C) Annabella’s

D) Matt’s

5. Which of the novel’s themes is most clearly supported by the beasts and Vandara’s power in the village?

A) Brutality and corruption are often a part of maintaining power.

B) Differences and diversity are a source of strength.

C) Artists have the power to guide people to a better future.

D) Fear is often used to manipulate people into obedience.