VG3 - D-test Literature- They Both Die at the End P1 -2223

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Instructions:

There will be multiple-choice questions, true-false questions, gap-filling, open questions, and matching questions. This D-test will consist of 30 questions. You have +/- 45 minutes to complete this D-test.

Read the question completely, then answer it. Open questions must be answered in ENGLISH!

Please do not use your book, notes, or any other websites.

Warming up: What is a dystopian society? Give as many examples as you can.

Why does Mateo feel that it’s better to spend the day living rather than attending his own funeral?

1. He doesn’t want a funeral at all.
2. He doesn’t have many people to say goodbye to.
3. His grandmother told him that before she passed away.
4. He wants people to celebrate his life after he’s gone.

What does Mateo decide before almost leaving his apartment the first time?

1. that he wants to spend his last day with his father
2. that he wants to pretend to be someone else for the day
3. that he wants to throw a big party to celebrate his life
4. that he won’t tell anyone that it’s his End Day

Why did Rufus beat up Peck?

1. Peck hit Aimee during an argument
2. Aimee told him to never speak to her again
3. He was jealous of Peck’s relationship with his ex-girlfriend Aimee.
4. Peck had threatened to shoot Rufus

Describe the type of family life Rufus had endured prior to his call from Death-Cast.

1. He had two parents who were highly educated.
2. His mother died during labor.
3. He had a brother who passed away.
4. He was an orphan who lost his parents and sister in a car accident and drowning.

What does Rufus share in common with Tagoe and Malcolm?

1. They all went to the same high school
2. They grew up in the same neighborhood
3. They lost their families through either tragical means or abandonment.
4. They played sports together

What was Rufus’s impression of Aimee’s reaction when he answered the door?

1. That she was so glad to see him.
2. That she missed him too.
3. That she cared more for Peck than his End Day.
4. That she was glad that he beat up Peck.

What offended Mateo about his conversation with Wendy Mae?

1. That she talked about sex
2. That she brought up his parents
3. That she wanted to do drugs with him
4. That she wanted to buy his couch

Where does Rufus know Aimee from?

1. New York City
2. Pluto
3. at school
4. in the train

What did Peck do at Rufus's gathering at Pluto?

1. He sneakily called the police
2. He cried and sang with the group
3. He gave his apology to Rufus
4. He held Aimee's hand

Describe the ethnicities of Mateo and Rufus.

1. Mateo - Cuban-Am Rufus - Puerto Rican
2. Mateo - Dominican Rufus - Mexican
3. Mateo-Puerto Rican Rufus- Cuban-American
4. Mateo - Mexican- Am Rufus - Cuban-Am

Mateo

Rufus

Aimee

Doesn’t it piss you off that I’ll never go to

college? Get married? Have kids? Travel? Doubt it. You’re just

chilling on your little throne in your little office because you know you

got another few decades ahead of you, right?

“You didn’t ‘beat’ me, okay? Aimee didn’t split with me because of

you, so get that out of your head right now. She loved me and we got

complicated, and she would’ve taken me back eventually.” 

“Ugh, god, I’m sorry, but you know how many Deckers make those promises and then pianos fall on their heads?

It’s no big deal, really. It’s hard for my

parents to lose their heads when my mom is out of the picture

and my dad is in a coma.

Open question: What doubts does Mateo have about Death-Cast?

Open question: What regrets does Mateo have about school?

Open question:

Open question:

Open question:

Aimee broke up with Mateo because she wanted a clean break.

1. True
2. False

Deckers chronicle their final hours
through statuses and photos via live feeds.

1. True
2. False

Mateo's father nearly drowned in the Hudson River.

1. True
2. False

Peck told everyone that Aimee wanted him instead of Rufus.

1. True
2. False

Mateo's mother died while giving birth to him.

1. True
2. False

Gap-filling exercise:
I’ve always been afraid of dying. I don’t know why I thought this would (1) ....... it from actually happening.

1. disrupt
2. prevent
3. jinx
4. keep

Gap-filling exercise:
I’ve read tons of feeds where Deckers admitted to asking their heralds how they would die, but it’s basic knowledge that those specifics aren’t available to anyone, not even former President Reynolds, who tried to hide from Death in an underground bunker four years ago and was (2) ......... by one of his own secret service agents.

1. assassinated
2. rescued
3. attacked
4. kidnapped

Gap-filling exercise:
I've only ever been to one funeral. My grandmother died when I was seven, and at her funeral I threw a (3)...... because she wasn’t waking up.

1. ball
2. tantrum
3. temper
4. glass

Gap-filling:
I check my watch—an old one of Dad’s he gave me after buying a digital one that could glow, for his bad eyes—and it’s close to 1:00 a.m. On a regular day, I would be playing video games until late at night, even if it meant going to school (4) ........ At least I could fall asleep during my free periods.

1. sleepy
2. hungover
3. happy
4. exhausted

Gap-filling: “Watch him,” I tell Tagoe and Malcolm. They nod. I don’t know
how I became the (5) ...... I ended up in the foster home years after them.

1. victim
2. man
3. alpha dog
4. bully

Gap-filling:
Victor clears his throat. “You want me to be a person, Rufus? You want me to get off my throne and get real with you? Okay. An hour ago I got off the phone with a woman who cried over how she won’t
be a mother anymore after her four-year-old daughter dies today. She begged me to tell her how she can save her daughter’s life, but no one has that power. And then I had to put in a request to the
Youth Department to (6) ........ a cop just in case the mother is responsible, which, believe it or not, is not the most disgusting thing I’ve done for this job.

1. deliver
2. send
3. call
4. dispatch

Gap-filling:
I distract myself from my End Day by reading more CountDowners feeds and by playing the Earth track, which always reminds me of (7) ....... birdsong and that low sound whales make, but also feels a little bit off, something suspicious.

1. soothing
2. warm
3. relaxing
4. weird

Gap-filling:
It’s been four months that I’ve been without my people, but Tagoe and Malcolm have been getting cozy with each other a lot longer. Malcolm’s parents died in a house fire caused by some unidentified (8) ........, and whoever it was, Malcolm hopes he’s burning in hell for taking away his parents when he was a thirteen-year-old troublemaker no one else wanted except the system, and barely even them.

1. flying object
2. arsonist
3. juvenile delinquent
4. murderer

Gap-filling:
Scrolling through CountDowners is a very serious (9) ...... But I can’t look away because every registered Decker has a story they want to share. When someone puts their journey out there for you to watch, you pay attention—even if you know they’ll die at the end.

1. bore
2. uplift
3. downer
4. motivator

Gap-filling:
It’s a green light and we ride on, finally reaching Pluto minutes later. The foster home is a jacked-up duplex with the face of a battered building—bricks missing, (10) ......... and colorful graffiti.
There are bars on the ground floor windows, not because we’re
criminals or anything like that, but so no one busts in and steals from
a bunch of kids who’ve already lost enough.

1. indecipherable
2. undistinguished
3. nondescript
4. grotesque

The D-test helped prepare me for the Literature test

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Homework:

Read the novel and answer the questions