Quiz: The Ledger of Living Things

Question 1 of 6

Multiple choice

Why does one of the vault's three chambers have to be sealed forever?

لماذا يجب إغلاق إحدى غرف القبو الثلاث إلى الأبد؟

The government withdrew all funding for the vaultMeltwater had breached the entrance tunnelAn earthquake had cracked the chamber wallsThe seeds inside had already been destroyed

Question 2 of 6

Comprehension

What does Salma imply when she says the future "has a habit of wanting precisely what we discarded"?

ماذا تقصد سلمى بقولها إن للمستقبل عادةً في أن يشتهي بالضبط ما رميناه؟

Future generations will prefer commercial crops over wild onesDiscarded seeds always rot before they can be used againVarieties that seem worthless today may prove essential in unforeseen crisesPeople in the future will regret building the vault at all

Question 3 of 6

True or false

Henrik initially urged Salma to prioritise the seeds according to their caloric yield.

ألحّ هنريك في البداية على سلمى أن ترتب أولوية البذور وفق غلتها من السعرات الحرارية.

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Question 4 of 6

Vocabulary

In the story, the wild seeds' value lay "dormant." What does "dormant" mean?

ما معنى كلمة "dormant" كما وردت في القصة؟

Permanently destroyed and beyond recoveryInactive for now, but capable of becoming active laterExtremely valuable on the open marketFrozen so deeply that it can never thaw

Question 5 of 6

Complete the sentence

Complete the sentence: "A vault is not a museum of what we grow, but a ___ on what we might one day need."

أكمل الجملة: القبو ليس متحفًا لما نزرعه، بل ___ على ما قد نحتاج إليه يومًا ما.

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Question 6 of 6

Comprehension

What deeper warning lies behind the grandmother's saying that uniformity is "a kind of arrogance"?

ما التحذير الأعمق الكامن وراء قول الجدة إن التماثل ضرب من الغطرسة؟

Farmers should never share seeds with their neighboursDepending on a single crop invites collective failure when conditions changeTraditional villages are always wiser than modern scientistsDiversity in farming is too expensive to maintain

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