Gathering Blue
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  • Question 1
    30 seconds
    Q. Where is Kira when the story opens? 
    answer choices
    Her cott
    In the forest
    With the tykes
    At the Field of Leaving
  • Question 2
    30 seconds
    Q. What has happened to Kira's Father?
    answer choices
    He was taken by beasts while hunting
    He died from a high fever that struck the village
    He was killed by Vandara
    He ate poisonous berries while hunting
  • Question 3
    30 seconds
    Q. What is Kira waiting for in the Field of the Leaving?
    answer choices
    Her mother to find her because she is lost
    Her father to appear after a hunt
    An animal to kill for dinner
    The spirit of Katrina to leave her body
  • Question 4
    30 seconds
    Q. Why is Kira using a walking stick?
    answer choices
    She broke her leg running in the Field of the Leaving
    She has a crippled, twisted leg
    She likes to use it for support
    She does not use a walking stick
  • Question 5
    30 seconds
    Q. Who is Vandara and what does she look like?
    answer choices
    She is Kira's mother and she is pretty
    She is another villager with a crippled leg
    She is Kira's sister and she very tall
    She is trying to take Kira's cot and she has a she has a scar on her face
  • Question 6
    30 seconds
    Q. Who taught Kira's mother the art of dyeing cloth?
    answer choices
    Maria
    Katrina
    Annabella
    Matt
  • Question 7
    30 seconds
    Q. What is Kira's new job?
    answer choices
    She watches over the tykes
    She is the new weaver of the Singer's robe
    She is a hunter in the Field of the Leaving
    She is an apothecary to the villagers
  • Question 8
    30 seconds
    Q. What does Kira touch in her pocket?
    answer choices
    Twigs from the Field of the Leaving 
    Fur from the beasts in the forest
    Thread from sewing
    A scrap of cloth and her mother's comb
  • Question 9
    30 seconds
    Q. Who is Thomas?
    answer choices
    He helps Kira weave the singer's robe
    He is a carver and makes items out of wood
    He is a tyke that is kept at the edifice
    Thomas is  not in Gathering Blue
  • Question 10
    30 seconds
    Q. What does Kira wear in remembrance of her Mother and Father?
    answer choices
    Clothes of blue dye
    A walking stick
    A pendant that her father gave to her mother
    The Singer's Robe
  • Question 11
    180 seconds
    Q. What advice did Jamison give Matt, Branch and Kira about as they went into the woods to find Annabella's home?
    answer choices
    That they should leave at dawn before the animals wake up
    That Annabella does not like visitors and they should not go
    To leave late at night after the beasts have already hunted on other creatures
    To stay on the path, and they should be safe
  • Question 12
    30 seconds
    Q. What is the name of the group of leaders in Gathering Blue?
    answer choices
    Council of Elders
    Council of Gaurdians
    Council of Guardians
    Committee of Memes TM
  • Question 13
    30 seconds
    Q. True/False: In Kira's community, dead people are "released".
    answer choices
    True
    False
  • Question 14
    30 seconds
    Q. Who is the main leader of Kira's community? Hint: Watch out that the answer you choose is spelled correctly!
    answer choices
    Chief Elder
    Cheif Guardian
    Chief Gaurdian
    Chief Guardian
  • Question 15
    120 seconds
    Q. At the beginning of the book, Kira’s mother believed Kira would survive because
    answer choices
    Kira had strong hands
    the other villagers would be supportive
     Kira could outrun her enemies
    Kira knew the secret of making blue dye
  • Question 16
    120 seconds
    Q. Kira’s handicap is her 
    answer choices
    arthritis
    bad leg 
    crooked spine
    contagious disease
  • Question 17
    120 seconds
    Q. In this book’s society, people who die are taken to the
    answer choices
    Forest
    Ocean
    City
    Field
  • Question 18
    120 seconds
    Q. In the society described in this book, 
    answer choices
    handicapped people are considered useless
     jobs seem to be divided by gender
     there are very poor people and very rich people, and almost no one in between
     all of the above
  • Question 19
    120 seconds
    Q. The type of culture in Gathering Blue is a 
    answer choices
    utopia
    dystopia
    democracy
    matriarchal
  • Question 20
    120 seconds
    Q. The protagonist of Gathering Blue is 
    answer choices
    Katrina
    Jamison
    Kira
    Matt
  • Question 21
    120 seconds
    Q. Thomas’ profession is 
    answer choices
    weaver
    writer
    singer
    woodcarver
  • Question 22
    120 seconds
    Q. Matt hates
    answer choices
    baths
    candy
    adults
    rainy days
  • Question 23
    120 seconds
    Q. The Ruin Song is about
    answer choices
    the ruin and rebuilding cycles of history 
     how to make a beautifully woven robe
    the religion that the people believe in
    none of the above
  • Question 24
    120 seconds
    Q. This book’s genre is 
    answer choices
    fantasy
    science fiction (dystopian)
    biography
    non-fiction
  • Question 25
    120 seconds
    Q. The Giver and Gathering Blue are similar for these reasons EXCEPT:
    answer choices
    They are set in dystopian societies.
    They feature a young protagonist with a special talent or gift.
    They take place in the past.
    The protagonists have two best friends.
  • Question 26
    120 seconds
    Q. What does Kira wear in remembrance of her Mother and Father?
    answer choices
    Clothes of blue dye
    A walking stick
    A pendant that her father gave to her mother
    The Singer's Robe
  • Question 27
    120 seconds
    Q. In the society described in this book, 
    answer choices
    handicapped people are considered useless
     jobs seem to be divided by gender
     there are very poor people and very rich people, and almost no one in between
     all of the above
  • Question 28
    120 seconds
    Q. Katrina could create colors to dye her threads from the flowers and shoots in her garden, but there was one color she could not make.
    answer choices
    True
    False
  • Question 29
    120 seconds
    Q. What is the name of the group of leaders in Gathering Blue?
    answer choices
    Council of Elders
    Council of Gaurdians
    Committee of Memes TM
    The Blue
  • Question 30
    120 seconds
    Q. This story occurs in our world’s 
    answer choices
    present
    past
    future
    none of the above
  • Question 31
    120 seconds
    Q. Reassurance means to:
    answer choices
    give someone a high five
    tell someone "sure"
    restore someone's confidence
    carry oneself with arrogance
  • Question 32
    120 seconds
    Q. Misery means:
    answer choices
    a state of great happiness
    a state of great unhappiness
    to restore someone's confidence
    distorted
  • Question 33
    120 seconds
    Q. If you are a tyke, how many syllables would be in your name?
    answer choices
    One 
    Two
    Three
    Four
  • Question 34
    120 seconds
    Q. What is the name of Kira's Guardian?
    answer choices
    Matt
    Jamison
    Thomas
  • Question 35
    30 seconds
    Q. Jamison was a woodcarver who wore a wooden ornament in the back of his long dark hair.
    answer choices
    True
    False
  • Question 36
    30 seconds
    Q. Jamison wrote everything down that Vandara said. In the third set of amendments, he often read "exceptions can be made."
    answer choices
    True
    False
  • Question 37
    30 seconds
    Q. Matt and his friends gathered saplings to help Kira rebuild her cott.
    answer choices
    True
    False
  • Question 38
    30 seconds
    Q. Vandara made her tyke eat oleander, poisonous plant.
    answer choices
    True
    False
  • Question 39
    30 seconds
    Q. Kira's pain makes her proud, but Vandara's pain makes her cruel according to Matt.
    answer choices
    True
    False
  • Question 40
    30 seconds
    Q. How would Kira supply her food needs?
    answer choices
    Hunting
    Vegetables
    Baking bread
  • Question 41
    30 seconds
    Q. Who was threatening Kira to take her land?
    answer choices
    Matt
    Jameson
    Vandara
    Thomas
  • Question 42
    30 seconds
    Q. Why was Vandara a person to be feared?
    answer choices
    Crazy
    Survived beasts
    Witch
  • Question 43
    30 seconds
    Q. Who would have the final say if Kira would be allowed to stay?
    answer choices
    Kira
    Vandara
    Mayor
    Council of Guardians
  • Question 44
    30 seconds
    Q. Why was the Ruin Song so important?
    answer choices
    Told the history of their people
    Communicated with the gods
    Identified the new leader of community
  • Question 45
    30 seconds
    Q. What traditions did the people have when they entered the Council room?
    answer choices
    Sung a song
    Bowed on the ground
    Faced the worship object
    Presented an offering
  • Question 46
    30 seconds
    Q. Who was appointed to be her defender?
    answer choices
    Jameson
    Vandara
    The chief Guardian
    Mr. Johnson
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