Matched Ally Condie
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Describe the painting that Cassia saw of those who could fly?
White wings, blue sky, and gold circles above their heads
What did Cassia wear to the Match Banquet?
A green silk dress
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What happens at the Match Banquet?
Where the boys & girls are matched to each other
What transportation did Cassia take to the Match Banquet?
Air train
At the match banquet, what did Xander’s older brother talk to Cassia’s mother about?
The story of his match banquet
How many percent of those attending their Match Banquet exhibit signs or nervousness?
93 %
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How could Xander tell Cassia was nervous when at the Match Banquet?
Because Cassia kept opening and closing her artifact
How do people get artifacts?
Ancestors pass things along through the years
Who gave Cassia her artifact? What is her artifact?
Grandfather gave it to Cassia for her birthday, it belonged to his mother; a compact
What was on Cassia’s artifact?
The letters ACM and the numbers 1940
Describe the inside of Cassia’s compact?
A little mirror, made of real glass, and a small hollow where the original owner once
stored powder for her face; she puts her emergency tablets inside
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What are the colors of the emergency tablets?
Green, blue, red
What is Xander’s artifact?
A pair of shiny platinum cuff links
Where is the Match Banquet located?
The City Hall
What do sparkling white and blue lights at City Hall mean?
Indicate a celebration is taking place
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When does Cassia’s birthday occur?
On the fifteenth
When is the Banquet held?
Each month on the fifteenth
Why was Cassia worried the match banquet wouldn’t land on her birthday?
Because you could be called up for your banquets anytime during the year after you
turn seventeen
From where was Cassia notified that she would be matched on the day of her birthday?
The notification came across the port
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What was the best greeting they had in Society?
“I wish you optimal results”
As Cassia & her family walked toward City Hall what did they do?
Her parents each linked an arm through hers
Why was Bram allowed to go to Cassia’s match banquet?
Because he is under seventeen, the first one you attend is always your own
How are you able to tell who is being matched at the match banquet?
Those being matched float along in beautiful dresses and tailored suits, while parents
and siblings walk around in plain clothes
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Where did Cassia & her family have to enter in order to get to their seating area at the match
banquet?
The Rotunda, at City Hall
How was Cassia able to tell Lea was worried?
She kept twisting her artifact, a jeweled red bracelet
Why was Cassia surprised to see Lea at the Match Banquet?
She would have picked her as a single
What did the china at the Banquet table remind Cassia’s father of?
Reminded him of the Wedgwood pieces they found last year
What does Cassia’s father do for a job?
He spends months working in old neighborhoods that are being restored and turned
into new Boroughs for public use
What job was Cassia’s father working on at the time of Cassia’s Match Banquet?
He was working on Restoration project: an old library
Why does Cassia laugh at her mother during the Match banquet?
Because her mother can’t help but comment on the flower, since they fall in her area of
expertise as an Arboretum worker
What does Cassia’s mother do as a job?
She is an Arboretum worker, flowers
What were the centerpieces at the Match Banquet?
Lilies
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What dinner was served at the Match banquet? Dessert?
Roasted vegetables, the savory meat, the crisp greens, creamy cheese, warm light bread;
chocolate cake with fresh cream
What did Cassia’s father whisper when dessert came at the Match Banquet?
Wonderful
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When was the last time Cassia ate something as good as what she ate at the Match Banquet?
Traditional dinner at Winter Holiday
What did Cassia try to take to Bram from the Match Banquet? Why didn’t she?
The chocolate cake; it wouldn’t fit in her compact and her mother wouldn’t put it in
her purse because she doesn’t break the rules
What is the system of being matched at the matching banquet?
The matches are announced in alphabetical order according to girl’s last names
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Who did Lea get matched to?
Joseph Peterson
What did the hostess of the match banquet bring Lea after she got matched? What is inside it?
A small silver box; a micro card with background info about your match
What will the silver boxes given at the match banquet be used for later?
The boxes will be used to hold the rings for the marriage contract
What do the Officials wear?
White coats
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During the Match banquet, what do people do with the silver box?
Some set them on the white tablecloths, most hold the boxes carefully
Why did the screen stay dark when it was her turn to find out her match?
Her match was in the same city as her
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What did Xander wear to the Match Banquet?
A dark suit and blue cravat
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What favorites did Cassia know about Xander?
Favorite color: green; favorite leisure activity: swimming; favorite recreation activity:
games
What did the man sitting next to Cassia’s father say to Cassia’s father after Cassia found out her
match?
“What a piece of luck for you family. You don’t have to trust her future to someone you
know nothing about.”
What was the daughter of the man sitting next to Cassia’s father wearing?
Wearing a pink dress (must go to one of the other Second Schools in our City
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Before Xander & Cassia left the Match Banquet, who stopped them? Why?
The hostess of the Match Banquet asked Xander, Cassia & their families to step aside so
she could speak with them. She wanted to talk about their situation of being matched &
how it was unusual and merely uncommon. And because Cassia & Xander already
know each other, things would precede differently for them. Told them to familiarize
with a few new courtship guidelines included on their micro cards.
What material flashed across Cassia’s mind when she was talking with the hostess at the Match
Banquet?
“If you choose to be matched, your Marriage Contract will take place when you are 21.
Studies show that the fertility of both men and women peak at the age of 24, matching
system allow those who match to have children near this age providing the highest
likelihood of healthy offspring.
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What tiny feeling of loss did Cassia receive at the Match Banquet?
Her peers would spend the next few days swooning over pictures of their Matches
bragging about them, waiting for more information, anticipating their first meeting but
that mystery didn’t exist for her & her match.
How did hostess correct Cassia when she said “That we are very lucky?”
“Not lucky, Cassia. There is no luck in the Society.
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*Cassia was holding gold (compact) in one hand & silver (silver box) in the other
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When was the last time Cassia & Xander held hands like at the Match Banquet?
Since they were children
What borough do Cassia & Xander live in?
Mapletree Borough
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Who did Cassia say could Bram’s match? How did her mother react to this?
Serena; she said disapprovingly that there not supposed to disparage other member of
our street and their community
Why didn’t Cassia want to go inside her house after the Match Banquet?
If she went inside it meant that the night was coming to an end and she didn’t want to
take off her dress ad go back to plainclothes
Why didn’t Cassia want to stay out to long after the Match Banquet?
Because tomorrow Saturday was a busy day, she would need to report to her trail work
position at the sorting center early in the morning and after that is her Saturday night
free rec hours
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What did Cassia pull off from her skin the day after the Match Banquet when she woke up?
She pulled the sleep tags from her skin (Bram’s turn to use them)
What was the breakfast food delivery that day after the Match Banquet?
Oatmeal, gray brown (they eat for health & performance, not taste)
Why was everyone at the Match Banquet able to eat the way they did?
Their calories had been moderated all week long, so they could everything they had
without significant impact
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Why will Cassia’s mother breathe a huge sigh of relief when Bram goes to Second School?
Because the start time is half an hour later
What will Amy get back from her dress that she wore during the Match Banquet? How?
They’ll send her a little piece of fabric; each gown is designed with an interior panel
that can be cut into piece, one for each girl that wears the dress
What will be the memento of Cassia’s matching?
Her silver box and scrap from her dress
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What number was Cassia’s dress?
73
What did the woman at the clothing distribution center say when Cassia picked her dress?
That’s the one she was most likely to pick, because her personal indicated it
How did Cassia feel when she tried on the dress she picked at the clothing distribution center?
The hemline fell perfectly, the waist curved in exactly the right amount
What was the most popular gown for the match banquet?
One of the pink gowns, number 22
What question was going through Cassia’s mother mind that might’ve made Bram late to
school?
Whether it was better to comb his hair and make him late, or send him as he is?
What rule did Bram break when he almost late to school?
Running in public
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The day after Cassia’s match banquet what did she decide to use her last free rec hour for?
How was she able to?
To visit Grandfather; on the eve of someone’s Final Banquet visiting is encourage and
permitted
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When Cassia first daydreamed about Xander, what did she dream about?
Thought a lot about how he looked last night in the suit he wore to the Match Banquet
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The day after Cassia’s match banquet, what did she see when on the train? Why?
White flakes drifting through the sky (June) it was a cotton wood seed; society was
tearing out the cottonwood grove along the river to plant better trees
What did everyone get worried about they thought they saw snow?
Thought it was a sign of another warming
What is Cassia’s mom’s job?
Caretaker of Arboretum
How did Cassia know the explanation by the man for the Cottonwood seeds was accurate?
Because you can’t use cottonwood trees for fruit or fuel, their seeds are nuisances.
Why does Cassia’s mother harbor a particular affinity for the cottonwood seeds?
Because they are small and brown but cloaked with beauty in thin white tendrils of
cotton
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What does Cassia do with the cottonwood seed she catches?
Tucks it into her pocket next to her tablet container
What does the almost snow remind Cassia of?
Of a line from a poem she studied this year in Language & Literature: Stopping by
Woods on a Snowy Evening
*One of the poems Society chose to keep
What poems are present in Society?
Hundred poems; Society created commissions to choose the hundred best of everything
and get rid of the rest
What significant thing was Cassia’s great grandmother apart of?
One of the cultural historians who selected the Hundred Poem almost 70 years ago
*Grandfather’s mother used to sing to grandfather parts of the poems as lullabies
What does Cassia like about the poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”?
Like the words deep & sleep and the way they rhyme and repeat
*Stopping by Woods on Snowy Evening would be a better poem if you listened to the rhythm
rather than the words, if you listened to words you wouldn’t feel rested
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What sort did Cassia do the day after her Match Banquet?
Number sorting
How long has it been since Cassia’s last error?
3 months
When Norah scanned Cassia’s scan card what did she tell Cassia?
It almost time for her formal sorting test
What is Cassia’s father’s career?
Restoration supervisor (Official)
When Cassia’s father was young what was his work activity? Grandfather?
His work activity & Grandfathers was information sorting
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What kind of sorting is Cassia not interested in getting?
Match sorting (people who oversee the Matching), doesn’t want to be in charge of
sorting real people
What is at Cassia’s work station?
A table, chair, and sorting screen (thin gray walls surrounding her)
What did Cassia compare her and the people at her job to?
To micro cards in the research library at Second school
Even though the government has computers to sort why do they have people sorting still?
Because technology might fail, knowledge doesn’t
What basic technology does Society have?
Ports, readers, scribes
*there is specialization so people don’t become overwhelmed, so no need for everyone to
understand everything
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What kind of sorts does Cassia like?
Word association, picture, or sentence
What does Cassia’s screen tell her before she starts sorting?
Screen tells her what patterns Cassia is supposed to find
While Cassia is sorting what happens inside the screen?
The pattern she originally looks for changes, the system tracks how soon the sorters
notice the changes and how quickly they adapt to their sorts
Why is Cassia so good at sorting?
She always anticipates the shift in the pattern
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Why wasn’t Cassia able to tell her mother about the cottonwood seeds immediately when she
got home? What message did they leave?
Mom, dad, and Bram already left for their leisure hours; on the port it said, “We’re
sorry to have missed you, Cassia. Have a good night.”
What does the beep sound from the kitchen mean?
That the meal has arrived, the foil ware container slides through the food delivery slot
Who delivery the meals to the neighborhood?
The nutrition vehicle
Why did Amy assume there was a new nutrition personnel director?
The food was always lukewarm when it arrived, now it’s piping hot
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Why does Amy eat her food fast even though it’s kind of burning her mouth?
Because she knows what she wants to do with the rare empty time because she is never
really alone, she wants to look at her micro card without her parents or brother (to
know more about Xander before she sees him)
What are the first words Cassia’s hears when she first looks at her micro card?
“Cassia Reyes, the Society is pleased to present you with your match”
What happens when Cassia is about to touch Courtship Guidelines when first looking at her
micro card?
Xander’s face darkens, the micro card repeats the words she first heard and KY’s face
shows
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What were Cassia’s thoughts when her micro card showed KY?
She didn’t understand what was going, because the society doesn’t make mistakes
What did Cassia learn about Xander from the micro card? How does Cassia feel about it?
That Xander likes cycling; she hates cycling the most out of all the exercise options
because she thinks it’s stupid to ride on something that doesn’t move
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What did Xander do when viewing his micro card?
He read all Cassia’s stats and reviewed all the courtship guidelines
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What was one of the guidelines Xander found interesting?
One of the guidelines said that they were allowed to express physical affection
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What emotion did Cassia sense from the faces of the girl staring at her & Xander?
Jealously because everyone always assumed Xander would be matched with another
girl in another City, or Province
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The Saturday after Cassia’s match banquet where did she go for her recreation option?
The game center
In order to play a game at the game center what do you do before playing the game?
Give the scan card to the Official monitoring the game
What is one of Xander’s favorites game?
Check, game of skill, the kind he likes best
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What are most of the colors inside the game center?
Gray walls, brown plainclothes for the students, dark blue plainclothes for those who
received their permanent work positions
What colors does the board of the game Check have?
Gray and black squares of the board
When going to the game center the Saturday after Cassia’s banquet, when Xander put down
his last piece for the game what did he say?
“I’m going to win this one for my match”
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When Cassia went to the game center on the Saturday after her Match Banquet why did the
Official call her out?
To tell her she was still matched with Xander, and to take of the problem she had with
her micro card, she gives her another one that she took from her side pocket inside the
case
What did Cassia notice when looking at the Official’s tablet container that switched her micro
card?
It was larger than standard issue because Higher-level Officials carry extra in case of
an emergency
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When Cassia was outside the game center talking to an Official what was she trying to catch a
glimpse of?
The insignia on the other official’s shirt pocket because she is not sure what
Department of Society she represents
When the Official told Cassia, “Fortunately, we don’t have much work to do. Since the
matching is so important to Society, it’s very well regulated,” what words did it remind Cassia
of?
The goal of Matching is twofold: to provide the healthiest possible future citizens for
our Society and to provide the best chances for interested citizens to experience
successful Family Life. It is of the utmost importance to the Society that the Matches be
optimal as possible
What did the Official say made the mistake on Cassia’s micro card?
She said it was part of a prank because KY is an Aberration
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When the Official told Cassia KY could not be matched to anyone, what did Cassia assume it
meant?
That he had chosen to be a Single
What does the Official matching material say about being a Match or Single?
You can choose whether you’re a good candidate to be matched, because Singles are
equally important in the Society since the current leader of the society is single. Both
Matched & Single experience full and satisfying lives, but children are allowed to be
born to those who choose to be matched.
What are Aberrations?
The live among those in Society, since they don’t need to be separated like Anomalies.
But they usually acquire their status due to an Infraction & their identities aren’t known
since only Officials in the Societal Classification Department have access to the
information
How is KY an aberration?
His father committed an Infraction and since KY was adopted, he had to retain his
classification as an Aberration being ineligible to be entered into the Matching pool
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When are the micro cards made to be given to Matches at the match banquet?
Until a few hours before the banquet
What did Cassia think about after the official talked to her about her situation with the micro
card?
She thought about how sorry she felt for KY, and how she wished she didn’t have to
know this about him, and rather think he had chosen to be a Single.
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What did the Official offer to do, after talking to Cassia about her micro card?
Offered to call a meeting if Cassia wanted, and explain to her parents & Xander’s
parents the situation on her micro card
Who is the only person Cassia said to the Official, she would tell about her micro card?
Grandfather
What were the consequences for Grandfather if he told anyone about Cassia’s micro card?
If would get cited if he mentioned it to anyone and lose his preservation privileges
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Why did Cassia wish the Official didn’t tell her about KY’s status?
Because she wouldn’t be able to look at him the same way again
When the game center was hot & humid what did it remind Cassia of?
The tropical ocean simulation that she had in Science one, the one about the coral reefs
that teemed with fish before the Warming killed them all
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What announcement was made over the main speaker at the game center?
“Someone has dropped their tablet container. Please, stand completely still and do not
speak until we locate it”
What memory did Cassia have when the Officials were looking for the dropped tablet
container?
A day when Cassia & Xander were ten, when they had more free-recreation time and in
the summers they always spent it at the swimming pool. Xander liked to swim in the
blue-chlorinated water, while Cassia liked to sit on the pockmarked cement side of the
pool and swish her feet back and forth before going it. Xander lost his tablet container,
Cassia’s was hooked to her swimwear, its metal clip snapped securely to the strap over
her left shoulder. And at the time they only had the blue tablet, the first one. Xander
thought he lost in it inside the pool so both Xander & Cassia started looking. Xander
was under much longer than he should have been, so KY went under to help, until
Xander popped up with his container and Cassia already liked him because he wanted
to help Xander.
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What does the blue tablet do?
The one that can save you, one with enough nutrients to keep you going for several
days
What does carrying your own tablets mean to society?
It’s an important step toward their own independence, losing them is the same as
admitting you’re not ready for the responsibility
Who carries the children’s tablets? What is the order & age in which you receive the tablets?
The parents carry the tablets until the children are old enough to take them over; blue
at ten, green at thirteen, red at sixteen
What does the green tablet do?
It calms you if you need calming
What information did Cassia know about the red tablet when she was ten?
You only take it when a high-level Official tells you to
Why didn’t Cassia or Xander have a watch when they were ten?
Because no one ever wears a watch when they are small, time is kept for them
When Xander was under the water looking for his tablet container, how did Cassia know he
under much longer than he should have been?
She measured it out in heartbeats and in the slap of waves against the side of the pool as
one person
When KY came back from under the water, after trying to save Xander, what did Cassia
notice? Why was it weird?
There was a red scrape that ran along his cheek; because injuries are uncommon in a
place where everyone is healthy and safe
*Cassia met KY at swimming pool when she was ten
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Why did Cassia immediately like KY when she first met him at the swimming pool?
Because he had wanted to help Xander
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When looking at KY in the game center when the Officials were looking for the tablet
container, what did she do?
She took a step towards him and the lost tablet container broke open, and all the pill
were crushed under Cassia foot
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What province does Cassia’s family live in?
Province of Oria
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What are the Outer Provinces?
The outer provinces are the geographic fringe of the Society where life is harder and
wilder sometimes referred as Lesser Provinces or the Backward Provinces; because they
have little order and knowledge there.
Where did Anomalies used to stay?
They used to be kept in safe houses
How did Mr. Carrow know that KY was in the province of Oria, with full Society approval?
Patrick showed him the paperwork himself
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What did Cassia’s mother do when she was uncomfortable?
Her mother’s hand went up to her hair
What happened to the Markham’s?
A government failure happened, a class one Anomaly was roaming the streets and
sneaked into the government offices where Patrick worked and where his son was
visiting him. The Markham boy was murdered while he waited for his father to come
back from a meeting in the building. And the anomaly waited in the office and attacked
Patrick to.
How were the Markham’s able to adopt KY?
After the government failure, they felt like it owed to Patrick to make an exception for
him. It was an exception as recompense for the accident; a son to replace the one that
they shouldn’t have had to lose.
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Why didn’t Cassia need to help KY fit in?
KY said hello and introduced himself to everyone, telling everyone who he was so no
one had to ask and then he became part of the crowd.
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What does Grandfather often do at night?
He sits by the window and watches the sun out of the world and the stars into it.
On the second to last day before Grandfather was time to leave what was he eating? Why
couldn’t Cassia get any?
Pie; it was against the rules for Grandfather to share food with Cassia
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Where does KY work?
At the nutrition disposal center
How do KY’s hands look? Why are they the way they are?
KY’s hands are permanently red from the heat of the water, the machines in spite of the
gloves the workers wear
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What did Grandfather make Cassia stop doing?
He made her stop sitting at the edge of the pool
What were Cassia’s grandparents one of the last couples to do?
One of the last to choose to be matched later in life, they were 35 when matched.
Cassia’s father, there last child, wasn’t born until four years later. No one is allowed to
have a child after they turn 31.
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*Grandfather had a recreational pass, allowing him to dive into the pool which influenced
Cassia to jump into the pool from the high-dive ladder
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What summer leisure activity did Cassia sign up for? Why did she choose it?
Hiking; Grandfather used to hike as one of the leisure activities years ago
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What is the Hill?
Last place in the city that has been left forested and wild, it was mostly used for Army
training but now there isn’t much need for it.
What did Grandfather love about hiking on the hill?
There was something about climbing to the highest point you can see, and there’s no
one clearing a path for you, no simulator because everything’s real.
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What does Cassia know about her grandmother?
She died early of one of the last kinds of cancer when she was 62. The compact was
Grandmothers before it was Cassia’s. The compact was a gift from her mother-in-law,
Grandfather’s mother.
What did Grandfather ask Cassia to bring to his Final Banquet?
The compact
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Why did the Society choose 80 as the best age to die?
It’s long enough that you can complete a life experience, but not so long that you feel
useless. Because one of the worst feelings the elderly can have, is one of the terrible
diseases when they didn’t feel needed anymore.
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What does Cassia want to do on Grandfather’s final banquet when walking along the cement
pathway toward the door of Grandfather’s building?
Take off her shoes and walk with her bare feet on the cool sharp glass
What do Bram & Cassia fight over when it comes to the elevator to go the Grandfather’s
apartment?
They used to fight over who got to push the buttons when coming to visit
What button in the elevator takes you to Cassia’s Grandfathers building?
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How does Cassia communicate with her other grandparents in the Farmlands?
They communicate via port every few months and visit every few years, many watching
the Final Banquet on the port screen.
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What did Bram bring as a gift to Grandfather’s final banquet? Where did he get it from?
Bram brought a rock that he found under a tree in a pile of soft green pine needles that
looked like a nest.
What did Cassia bring as a gift to Grandfather’s final banquet?
Cassia made a letter as a gift, the morning of the final banquet he spent time cutting
and pasting and copying sentiments on the letter-making program on the port. And
printing a poem from the decade in which Grandfather was born.
*Grandfather read all of the Hundred Poems many times
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What did the woman want to know when she approached Abran in the hall before entering
Grandfather’s door on his final banquet?
She wanted to know more about Grandfather Banquet to get ideas for hers, since it was
in less than 2 months, wishing it were in public
*Everyone dies before midnight on their Final Banquet day
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How many people were a part of the Committee that came to Grandfather’s final banquet?
Three men and three women in their long white lab coats
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What did the committee bring to Grandfather’s final banquet?
The banquet clothes that Grandfather will wear which is the color light green (simple
pants, a shirt, and socks made of fine-quality material). Also, equipment for tissue
preservation, and a micro card with a history of his life so he can watch it on the port.
What is different about the box containing the micro card that was given to Grandfather on his
final banquet?
It’s gold
What was included on Grandfather’s micro card at the final banquet?
It included pictures of Grandfather as a small boy, teenager, and man with a summary
of his life in words.
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Who did Grandfather choose to take possession of his micro card at the end of his final
banquet?
His son, Abran
What instructions were given to have a tissue sample for Grandfather?
Simply swab your cheek and the put the sample into the clear glass tube. Then seal it
up, and bring the sample to the Biological Preservation Department within 24 hours of
collection.
What is the point of the tissue sample?
Someday, society might figure out a way to bring people back
What did Grandfather choose as the food selections for the Final Banquet?
All desserts, cake, pudding, and cookies
When did Grandfather receive his gifts?
He received Bram’s before the food & received Cassia’s & Abran’s during the goodbyes
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When a piece of pie drops to the floor why doesn’t Molly pick it up?
She wanted to spare Abran any worry
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What is the order in which Grandfather talks to his family during his final banquet?
Abran, Bran, Molly, Cassia
What gift did Molly give to Grandfather?
She gave him her gift when she went to talk to him during family time. It was a leaf
from his favorite tree at the Arboretum; she picked it the day before. So the edges have
curled and become brown but there is green in the middle.
Where did Grandfather originally request he could have his Final Banquet?
At the Arboretum
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What did Grandfather tell Cassia when she gave him his gift at his Final Banquet?
“These are lovely words, fine sentiments, but none of these words are your own,
Cassia.” And to trust her own words, her gift to him was her visits.
What did Cassia give to Grandfather additional to the original gift she brought for his Final
Banquet?
Cottonwood seed
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What did Grandfather do to Cassia’s compact when at the Final Banquet?
He tapped the compact sharply against his palm, twists something resulting in the base
of the compact to open and shows the paper that fell out of it to her.
How did Cassia know that the paper in her compact was old?
It was heavy and thick and creamy, not slick and white like the curls of papers that
come out of ports or scribes
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What did Grandfather tell Cassia to remember when giving her the paper that came out of the
compact?
“It’s all right to wonder”
What words does Grandfather say to end his life?
I love you 4X
What is Cassia doing when Grandfather dies?
She is holding his hand
What three choices are given for recreational activities?
Game center, showing, music
What movie did Cassia & her friends decide to see?
One about the Society with all the aerial views
*KY was working late the night they saw the one about the Society the first time
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What is the most common eye color in Oria Province?
Blue
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What is the order in which Cassia & her friends sit down in the theater?
Piper goes first, then Sera, Em, Xander, Cassia, and KY
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During what time in the movie theater does Cassia enjoy the most?
The few seconds in the theater before a showing when all is dark and she is waiting,
she always feels a drop in her stomach wondering when the light of the showing comes
on whether she will be alone or if the light will turn on at all.
When watching the Society movie, why do people cheer during certain parts of the movie?
Cheering as they see their city
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During the end of the Society movie, what does Cassia notice about KY?
That he is crying
What is shown during the end of the movie?
How things were before the Society
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How does Cassia describe the officer addressed as Sir during her hiking leisure activity?
Described as an officer in Army Green, and is an older man with crisp short white hair
and olive skin.
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Where does the hiking group first hike?
Arboretum hills, smaller foothills
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Who does Cassia say the trees of the Arboretum hills smell like?
Grandfather
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Where does Cassia first look at the paper Grandfather showed her?
Behind the bushes of the Arboretum hills, while trying to camouflage herself with her
brown plainclothes
What is the very first line of the poem that Grandfather gave Cassia that makes her cry?
“Do not go gentle into that good night”
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What does Cassia love about the poem Grandfather gave her?
The rage and the light
Who was the author of the poem Grandfather gave Cassia?
Dylan Thomas – Lord Alfred Tennyson 1809-1892
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According to Cassia, why didn’t Society keep the poem Grandfather gave her?
Because the poem tells you to fight
When Cassia sees KY at the top of the hill before her on her first day of hiking what was KY
doing?
He was leaning back on his elbows with his face tipped toward the sun and his eye
closed
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How did KY know he was going to be the first at the top of the hill?
Because since he grew up in the Outer Province’s he had the most experience with
activities like hiking. (He ran to the top, just like Cassia)
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When KY touches Cassia for the first time where did he touch her?
On the arm
What does KY offer to help Cassia do on the first hiking day?
Help destroy her Grandfather’s poem
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On the first day of Cassia’s hiking when everyone reaches the top of the Arboretum hill what is
each group looking out to?
KY and his friends face the dome of City Hall, Officers looks out at the Hill, Cassia’s
group gazes off toward the Arboretum meal hall (chattering about lunch, getting back
to Second School, and whether or not the air train will be on time)
What line from Grandfather’s poem comes to Cassia’s mind on her first day at the top of the
Arboretum hill?
“There on the sad height”
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What questions come to Cassia’s mind on her first hiking day? Most urgent question?
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What happened to you in the Outer Provinces?
What Infraction did your father commit that made you and Aberration?
Do you think that I’m crazy for wanting to keep the poems?
What is it about your voice that makes me want to hear you speak?
Are you supposed to be my Match?
Urgent: Will you keep my secret?
Why did Cassia think the Officials were in her house when she came back from her first
hiking day?
She figured they could have been checking the food distribution system, house to house
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Where did Cassia originally try get rid of Grandfather’s poem?
To put it in the incineration tube and stuff the poems down into the fire. However she
didn’t since the tube could register a foreign substance since it’s completely different
from the paper goods – napkins, port printings, and delivery envelopes. (ends up
putting the paper back into her compact and the compact on the shelf)
Why were Officials in Cassia’s house when coming back from hiking the first day? What
excuse did Bram make to the officials for Cassia?
The Biomedical officials were searching Papa because he never turned in Grandfather’s
tissue sample because he “lost” it; “She’s in her room, changing clothes since she got all
dirty from hiking”
How did the Biomedical Officials try to look for Grandfather’s tissue sample?
By using a Biological Detection Instrument
What were Abran’s consequences for losing Grandfather’s tissue sample?
Resulting in some sanctions for him at work (losing the tissue sample and then not
reporting the loss
Why couldn’t the officials get another sample from Grandfather?
Because cremation occurs within hours of death
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Why is it bad when you run too far on the tracker?
If you run too far you might be identified as a masochist, an anorexic, or another type
and you have to see an Official of Psychology for diagnosis
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What do you have to have in order to run hard?
Have an athletic permit
When running on the tracker what is Cassia supposed to keep up?
Keep up the optimal heart rate and maintain the optimal body mass index
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What is Bram’s artifact?
Grandfather’s watch
What did Bram offer to the Officials to get enough tissue from Grandfather?
His artifact, the watch
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Where does Bram ask if he could put his artifact for safe-keeping?
In her silver box, where Cassia’s micro card is
118
When did Cassia tell Grandfather that she would take the green tablet, even though he
convinced her not to?
When she was supposed to give a presentation on one of the Hundred Paintings,
number 19 the one by Thomas Moran, in her culture class next week
What did Cassia like about number 19 in the hundred paintings?
She likes the sky, and it’s so dramatic, all the clouds up above and in the canyon. The
painting felt a little dangerous-streaming gray clouds, and jagged red rocks
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When Cassia told Grandfather she was going to take the green tablet, what did he tell her that
convinced her not to?
He told her, “You are strong enough to go without it,” (dreamed he gave her a bouquet
of roses with the words of the poem written on each petal)
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The first time Cassia didn’t have hiking what did she decide to do with her free time?
Go visit her father at the site he is working on at the edge of the Brookway borough,
library and destroy the poem at the library
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Why was Cassia’s father still working in the library?
They found steel boxes of books buried down in the basement so they have to incinerate
it
What was Grandfather’s career before he turned seventy?
An Official
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What do the incinerate tubes record?
The amount and type of matter destroyed
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What does Molly do with the waste when shoveling the fallen maple leaves into the tube?
She laments the waste since decayed leaves can be good fertilizer
How does Cassia get rid of her Grandfather’s poem?
She goes to library that her father is working on, and just let go of the papers for the
workers to incinerate it.
What new Saturday activity did Xander sign Cassia up for?
To replant the flower beds in front of First School and eat dinner outside and there was
ice cream afterward
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Where was Piper, when she wasn’t present in Applicable Sciences?
She got her final work position
Why do you receive you final work position?
You receive them at some point during the year of your 17th birthday
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When Cassia was in applicable sciences what poem and line came to mind?
The Tennyson one, “the flood may bear me far”
What regret did Cassia have about her Grandfather’s poem?
The poem was gone, and she could never get them back
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What different physical traits did Norah tell Cassia they were looking for in the matching
pool?
Eye color, hair color, height, and weight
*wanted to see if Cassia could pick up patterns in Matchee’s data that officials already noticed
What will the officials be looking at when administering Cassia’s test?
They want to see if she can work under pressure (possibly considering for an
interesting sorting related vocations.
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What eye color possibilities are there?
Blue, brown, green, gray, and hazel
What are hair color possibilities?
Black, brown, blond, and red
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When Cassia was doing her sorting, what error did she make?
Error at line 3568
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What did Grandfather tell Abran during his final banquet that was significant?
He made Abran promise that he would destroy his tissue sample because he wanted to
choose what happened to him
*Abran told Cassia in front of the house rather than inside
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What word did KY say into Cassia’s eyes?
Home
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When Cassia is home at the new Saturday activity how does she get her food?
Cassia shows he scan card first verifying her identity, then the worker records the
number on the side of the foil ware dinner with her data pod.
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What was eaten at the picnic?
Meat and veggie casserole & ice cream
Why did Em take her green tablet?
Nervousness about the upcoming match banquet
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When do they redesign the dresses for the Match Banquet?
Every three years
What dress did Em pick for her Match Banquet?
One of the yellow ones, it’s very light yellow and it’s the one with the butterfly sleeves,
number 14
What color is the perfect color for Em? Why?
Yellow is the perfect color for Em, it will look lovely against her creamy skin, her black
hair, and dark eyes. Making her look like sunshine, the spring kind.
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What kind of plants did Cassia plant into the ground in front of the First School?
Red-blossomed newrose plants
How did Cassia picture the inside of the First School?
With bright yellow walls, green tile floors, and blue classroom doors
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Why doesn’t Molly like Red-blossomed newrose plants, or any of the plants in the City?
She thinks they are to hybridized, too far from their original selves.
When Cassia was little, what stories did her mother tell her?
Stories about those different flowers that grew wild in the Farmlands, Queen Anne’s
lace. Queen Anne is from the Hundred History Lesson somewhere.
After planting flowerbeds in front of the First School, what were Cassia’s hands stained of?
Stained red from some of the crushed petals, smelling of earth and newrose
145
What job does Cassia’s Farmlander grandparents do?
Plant seed and tend crops, but they grow everything that has been assigned by the
Officials.
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Where did Cassia, Em, and Xander go for their last hours of free rec after planting flower
beds?
They went to the music hall that was filled with blue-clothed people young and old
149
When Em asks Xander about his experience at the Match Banquet, what does he tell her?
A funny story about not knowing how to put his cuff links on that night, or how to tie
his cravat
Where was the second time that KY and Cassia touched?
In the music hall when trying to hide Em
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What happens to Em at the music hall?
She started having an anxiety attack, so Xander gives Em his green tablet, then checks
her pulse
Why was Cassia so surprised when Xander hesitated when Em was in need of help?
Once, a child on their street fell and blood was everywhere, Xander knew what do until
the full time medics arrived and took the boy to the medical center
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When the Officials come to the sorting center to monitor Cassia’s test what do they put on her
first?
They hook up a datatag behind her ear and one inside the neck of her shirt
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Why does Cassia thinks KY likes to blend in?
Because it’s a strange feeling knowing for certain that the Officials are watching you
closely.
On the night of Em’s match banquet what must Cassia do? What dream does she have?
Wear the datatags to sleep; a dream about having to sort Em into a matching pool,
however she doesn’t know where to put her so the Official tells Cassia to tell Em to take
the red pill and she dies
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Where did Molly & Abran meet for their first meeting?
In the City because Molly insisted on coming there, usually it’s customary for the first
meeting to be held close to the girl’s home
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Why was Molly called on the port the day of Em’s match Banquet?
She has to leave on a trip the next day, since they were pulling some Arboretums to
come look at a crop at the Arboretum in the Grandia Province being gone for at least a
week
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When Cassia’s leisure activity, hiking was canceled where did the port tell her to report?
To the Second school for extra study hours
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What does Cassia do at the second school when there for extra study hours?
She looks for more information about Dylan Thomas and Alfred Lord Tennyson through
the database rather than through the port where a search of them could be traced back
to her
When Cassia finds no poem by Thomas, who does she click instead?
Thoreau that has a poem called “The Moon”
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Who is Em’s match?
Dalen who is from Acadia Province (Cassia joked about whether it was Lon)
What is known about Acadia?
It is one of the more heavily forested provinces to the east, miles away from the rolling
hills and rivered valleys in Oria, they have stone and sea.
Who did Em gives Cassia’s compact to give back to her?
KY
What did KY give Cassia that she thought was her compact?
He gave her his artifact, the compass
What is KY’s artifact?
A compass (inside are the letters, N, E, S, W)
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What injury did Lon receive from hiking?
A slightly twisted ankle
What is the first letter KY taught Cassia? First word he taught her?
C; Cassia
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What kind of writing was KY do?
Cursive
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How was Cassia able to remember the words from her Grandfather’s poem?
She told KY a little everyday so he could help her remember if anything
What was the first line Cassia told KY from her Grandfather’s poem?
“Do not go gentle into that good night” Rage, rage, against the dying of the light”
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When KY first gives Cassia a napkin what was inside it? When does she look at it?
Cursive words were inside it as well as a drawing with the words, “Two lives,” with KY
drawn twice. The first picture is him looking at the sky, looking younger. The second he
is older and he looks down at the ground. Along the bottom it says, “Which one is the
true one, I don’t ask, they don’t tell.” (His life before he came, and his life after) She
opens it when her father & Bram are playing a game on the port in the foyer
When a message interrupts Bram & Abran’s game, who was the message for? What about?
The message was for Cassia about the outing between Xander & Cassia supervised that
will be outside of Cassia’s home the next day, and Xander will pick Cassia up at regular
mealtime