The Knife of Never Letting Go

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What does Todd know about the men in his village because of their Noise?

A) Their personalities from their thoughts

B) Each thought the men have

C) They communicate better because their thoughts are known.

D) Only what they want him to know

2. How does Prentisstown define manhood?

A) By age

B) Through Noise control

C) By killing

D) In leaving the village

3. Why is the lack of technology important for the novel’s setting?

A) The characters cannot solve complex problems.

B) It highlights the difficulty of the New World’s life.

C) It reveals that the characters lack intelligence.

D) It demonstrates the control the mayor has over New World.

4. What is the mood of the novel’s conclusion?

A) Expectant because of the arrival of the Prentisstown army

B) Exciting because the mayor declares himself the primary ruler

C) Peaceful because of the lack of Noise

D) Eerie because of the mayor’s presence and the empty village

5. Why are people in power mostly women in Farbranch?

A) They are better at managing the village.

B) Because women can conceal their thoughts

C) The men are too weak and scared to act.

D) The Spackle germ has not infected the women.

6. What does Todd’s refusal to use a knife early in the novel reveal about him?

A) He is not a man.