Among the Betrayed Chapters 7-9

What fairy tale was Nina thinking about when the guard came and got her?

• Rapunzel

• Rumpelstiltskin

• The Snow Queen

• Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Why did Nina compare the basement to a cave?

• The air was clammy and the walls were moist.

• The lights in the prison cell were off and it was spooky

• The floor and the walls were made of rock

• They had to go through a cave to get down there.

Who were the three children Nina was sent to betray?

• Matthew, Perci, and Aaliyah

• Mason, Pierce, and Eric

• Matthias, Perci, and Alba

• Matthias, Percy, and Alia

Why didn't Nina give the kids her real name?

• She didn't trust them.

• She thought the Population Police might be listening.

• Alia said the Population Police was listening to them.

• The Population Police commander her not to use her real name.

Nina noticed the way she’d said that—“Don’t got any,”—not “Our parents are dead,” or “We live with our grandparents,” or “It’d be our aunt coming for us.”

Based on this passage, we can infer...

• The kids' parents have died

• The kids were always on their own

• The kids just wanted to hide the truth from Nina

• The kids' parents are still looking for them.

What can we infer about the youngest child's personality?

• She is naive and hopeful

• She is delusional and sick

• She is angry and bitter

• She is cautious and hidden

What was Nina's surprise when the guard picked her up?

• He let her walk without chains

• He didn't beat her

• He was extremely polite to her

• He completely ignored her the entire time

When Nina entered the interrogation office, what is something she saw that she had never seen before in her life.

• A bright sky

• A television set

• A dog

• An expensive jewelry set

Why did Nina stop eating when she said it was the best meal she ever had?

• She was full

• She was reminded why she got such good food.

• She was thinking about stealing food for the kids

• She thought the food might have been poisonous

Why didn't Nina steal any food for the kids?

• She was too scared

• She remembered how they stared at her

• They took the food before she could get to it

• She ate it all