By the Waters of Babylon Quiz Review

What is the most likely way in which water would be purified?

• by removing impurities from it

• by sealing it in a large container

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  by drinking it

• by bathing in it

What would stern parents most likely do if their child misbehaved?

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  laugh about the child's behavior
  

• try to explain the child's behavior

• punish the child's behavior

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  overlook the child's behavior

What must happen when a person is fasting?

• The person must speak loudly.

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  The person must not eat.

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  The person must rush off.

• The person must not smile

One definition of the word found is "to set up." Which word belongs to the same word family as found meaning "to set up"?

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  find; "to locate"

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  befuddled; "confused"

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  foundation; "the beginning"

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  flounder; "to struggle"

In "By the Waters of Babylon," why does John go to the Place of the Gods?

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  to anger his father

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  to try to gain knowledge

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  to become more powerful

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  to find metal

What do John's references to gods and magic most clearly suggest?

• The People of the Hills are social outcasts.

• The Great Burning was a recent event.

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  John is young and lacks experience.

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  John's people lack knowledge about technology.

What is one central idea of "By the Waters of Babylon"?

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  Life is not always fair.

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  True wisdom may require knowledge of painful truths.

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  Love can change the world.

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  If you do what is forbidden, you will always pay the price.

  
  

What does the following sentence suggest? "A priest must know many secrets - that was what my father said. If the hunters think we do all things by chants and spells, they may believe so - it does not hurt them."

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  The priests are more educated and powerful than the hunters are.

  
  

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  Only men can become priests and learn their secrets.

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  The hunters worship the priests as gods.

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  The hunters know far more than the priests do.

After which of these events does "By the Waters of Babylon" take place?

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  a destructive war

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  a violent bank robbery

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  a deadly tornado

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  a great flood

In the story, John sees the city "as it had been when the gods were alive." What is he seeing?

• a terrifying nightmare

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  New York City in the past

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  a view of another planet

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  the city's future