Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

PROLOGUE-CHAPTER 7

Reading Check

1. What is “White Noise”?

2. Where is Ruby sent after she survives IAAN and is picked up by Psi Special Forces?

3. Who gets Ruby out of the camp?

4. How much of the United States child population died due to IAAN?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. How does the government handle those children and teens who survive IAAN?

2. What color is Ruby classified as, and why does she work so hard to cover up her true abilities?

3. What are the repercussions of Ruby reaching for Sam?

4. How does the Portuguese word saudade apply to Ruby?

5. In what ways do Martin and Ruby use their power differently?

6. Why does Ruby run away at the gas station?

Paired Resource

“How the Hitler Youth Turned a Generation of Kids Into Nazis”

• History presents two brief videos and a written exploration of Hitler’s targeting of young people to swell his ranks of Nazis.
• The information in this article connects to the theme Fear and Betrayal of the Young.