Truesight Summer Reading Test



Truesight Summer Reading Test

1. Truesight was written by

a. Robert Louis Stevenson

b. Rick Riordan

c. David Stahler, Jr.

2. The setting for Truesight is

a. Harmony

b. Happydale

c. Melville

3. The powerful mainframe that controlled most technological functions of the colony was the

a. fixer

b. gathering

c. ghostbox

4. At the age of 13, the children of the colony are chosen for their jobs, it’s called

a. training

b. specialization

c. college

5. Jacob wants to be a

a. grower

b. musician

c. councilor

6. In Jacob’s colony, which of the five senses equals deception and distraction from an inner world that forms the center of one’s being?

a. touch b. hearing c. sight

7. In Jacob’s colony’s _____________ ______________ equals indulgence, obsession with outer appearance and neglect of inner self.

a. hair grooming b. working out c. dieting

8. Jacob’s colony believes that seers are

a. limited by arrogance

b. will become blind by a certain age

c. obsessed with material things

d. both a and b

e. a, b and c

9. In Jacob’s colony, _____________ serve as the police.

a. councilors b. growers c. listeners

10. At Jacob’s school,

a. students graduate at age 18

b. questions are not encouraged

c. impoliteness is not tolerated

d. both b and c

e. a, b and c

11. Conditions in Jacob’s colony are

a. okay, no one has any complaints.

b. poor, no one has enough food but no one complains openly.

c. excellent, the harvest will be the best in years.

12. The relationship between Jacob’s parents is

a. strained; they argue frequently.

b. solid; they love each other very much.

c. divided; they do not live together.

13. What does Jacob overhear Delaney tell her father in the argument they have?

a. She wants to be a worker.

b. She wants to go back to school.

c. She wants to see.

14. Delaney tells Jacob about her father, “There’s a lot about him you don’t know.” What literary device is this?

a. foreshadowing b. mood c. simile

15. Why does Egan suggest he and Jacob skip curfew?

a. They want to meet some girls.

b. They want to see the shipment of food come in.

c. They want to disobey the rules.

16. Who does Jacob meet while he is skipping curfew?

a. Egan

b. Councilor Corrow

c. Delaney

17. What is the most important virtue in Jacob’s colony?

a. truth

b. patience

c. faith

18. What begins to happen to Jacob when he goes to get his father from the field in the storm?

a. He has another headache.

b. He can see the shapes of the men.

c. He sprains his ankle.

19. What is revealed about Delaney?

a. She is the greatest musician in the colony.

b. She can see.

c. She is dead.

20. What was unusual about Delaney’s funeral?

a. It is not public.

b. It is the largest the colony has ever had.

c. Her father does not attend it.

21. Why does Jacob feel strange at the funeral?

a. He doesn’t attend the funeral.

b. He doesn’t feel as sad as he thinks he should.

c. He had to comfort Delaney’s father the whole time.

22. How did Jacob spend his 13th birthday?

a. He made an A on his civics test.

b. Jacob and Delaney’s father have lunch.

c. He skips school with his mother’s permission.

23. When he plays piano with his mother and plays badly, what is the real reason?

a. He is distracted by his eyesight.

b. He misses Delaney.

c. He wants to go play with Egan instead.

24. To whom does Jacob finally reveal his secret?

a. His teacher

b. His mother

c. Egan

25. What does Jacob discover about his parents at dinner that night that he couldn’t notice before he could see?

a. They hold hands all the time.

b. They can barely stand each other.

c. They can see, too.

26. What does Jacob witness the next day when he skips the Gathering?

a. A sick man stealing food.

b. A young couple also skipping the Gathering.

c. The cats hunting in the field.

27. What is Jacob able to do by skipping school the next day?

a. Steal food.

b. Save a man’s life who works in the fields.

c. Play piano with his mother.

28. What does Jacob want from the High Councilor to give to his mother?

a. A new piano.

b. More food.

c. Delaney’s sounder.

29. Why is it strange that the High Councilor says Delaney was buried with her sounder?

a. It wasn’t strange.

b. It is usually given to a loved one.

c. Children don’t usually address the High Councilor.

30. What does Jacob see when he tries to take his mother flowers in the middle of the day?

a. His mother kissing another man.

b. His mother sitting on top of the house where they have their picnics.

c. His mother and father fighting again.

31. Why did Egan tell his father about Jacob’s secret?

a. Egan didn’t tell anyone.

b. Egan believes in Harmony and its principles.

c. Egan is a tattletale.

32. What does the council decide about Jacob’s future?

a. Jacob will be sent to Earth with the other sighted people.

b. Jacob will be left alone to live among the people of Harmony.

c. Jacob will be taken to the ghostbox to be “fixed” so that he can remain in Harmony.

33. How do Jacob’s parents react to the council’s decision?

a. They agree with the decision.

b. They disagree with the decision and decide to help him escape.

c. They disagree but are powerless to stop the council.

34. When Jacob sees the High Councilor again, what does he realize about him?

a. He’s Delaney’s father.

b. He’s the man Jacob saw his mother kissing.

c. He’s shorter than he remembered.

35. The High Councilor has one final secret that prompts Jacob to run away from Harmony. What is it?

a. He is Jacob’s father.

b. He killed Delaney.

c. He can see, too.

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