Before FIGS
Who does Millie live with?
Her Aunt and Uncle
How does Millie travel from our world to FIGS?
Through a pool of water.
What do they receive after a challenge to symbolize the gifts they reeive?
medallions
What are the names of the kids who bully Millie while in the Trial?
Doris and Dash
What lie from Soren and her Aunt are constantly echoed through Millie's mond?
You are worthless; a failure
How many challenges does the Initiation Trial have?
Three
What punishment do the twins, Millie and her friends have to face during challenge 2?
They must do the challenge alone.
The final challenge takes place in a ______?
maze
During which challenge does Millie receive her medallion?
challenge 3
Millie is about to ask to go home when Professor Gabriel takes her to the garden to meet Rebecca, the garner. What does Millie do in the garden that allows her to hear the Great Teacher?
Frink the water from the fountain
What evvent occurs at home before leaving for FIGS?
Her Aunt tell her she does not deserve a birthday celebration.
Millie almmost does not go through the pool because she is worried about what?
Angering her Aunt when she finds her missing
If you do not receive a medallion by the end of Trial what happens to you?
You are sent home and do not enter FIGS>
What wakes Millie up the night before the 2nd challenge?
a nightmare
Soren places his first seed of doubt in Millie when steps off of the boat. What is it that he tells her?
To be careful because not everything is at it seems there.
What is the purpose of the trials?
To reveal the gift inside of them
What is the goal of challenge 2?
To get out of the house.
What is the first monster that the kids face in challenge 3?
carnivorous flowers
Who are the two friends that Millie makes when she arrives at FIGS?
Mac and Boomer
What does the Great Teacher tell Millie in the garden that she needs to do when deception comes?
Listen only to what the Great Teacher has to say about her.
How old is Millie?
12
What is the strange thing that Millie discovers about herself when she wakes up on the other side of the pool?
She has lost all of her memories
Why must those who already possess a gift continue competing in the challenges?
Because there is till much more they can learn from each challenge.
What is the name of the ultimate villain of this story?
Soren
What is the second seed of doubt that Soren leaves with Millie the night before challenge #2 as they are sitting by the campfire?
That she is right to be afraid of the second callenge.
What is the first challenge supposed to test?
If their gift would manifest in physical danger.
Dean Kyra says that challenge 2 is a challenge of the __________.
mind
What is the second monster/ beast they must face in challenge 3?
wolves
What does Doris due to Boomer in the lunchroom?
burns him using her gifts
Why was everyone worried about Millie?
She had been missing for hours
Who leads Millie to FIGS?
Aggie
Millie's journey through the pool and losing all of her memories is supposed to be symbolic of what?
baptism
What are the gifts the students receive symbolic of?
spiritual gifts
What does Soren disguise himself as?
a woodsman/ wood cutter
What does Soren convince Millie that she needs to do after she failed challenge 2?
Go home.
What two items are they to look for during the challenges?
Black onyx and white diamonds
What moral dilemna is Millia faced with in challenge 2?
She must either stop to help Doris or keep moving on to try to complete the challenge.
Who saves Millie from the wolves?
Soren
When Millie is in the garden, what do Riggs and Chaplain tell the kids about the Great Teacher?
That he disappeared long ago and some believe now that he never existed at all.
Millie tells the professors of the medallion, the garden and Soren, yet many of them do not believe her story. What end up convincing them during the ceremony that she is telling the truth?
Her medallion transforms into the Great Teacher's medallion, which has not been seen since He left.
What does Millie fear most?
not being loved
Millie thinks the water in the cave at the beginning of the book is magic, but Aggie says there is no magic in this world, but the world has what power?
the power of the Great Teacher
What are the three types of gifts at FIGS?
Transformation, Nurture, and Strength
How does Millie defeat Soren in battle during challenge #3?
She listens to the Great Teacher, which giver her the power to stand up to him and his power.
What familiar face comes to Millie's aid after the woodsman reveals who he truly is?
Rebecca the gardner
What is their task in challenge 1?
To get off of the island before it sinks.
Why are Doris/ actions at the end of challenge 2 a betrayal?
She took the orbs and left Millie there to die in the fire even though Millie had saved her life moments before.
How does Millie complete challenge 3?
She defeats Soren in battle.
FIGS is supposed to represent a Christian community that is no longer relationship-based, but one that is focused on _________.
works
Why did the Great Teacher choose Millie (her prupose)?
He wants her to show the people at FIGS that He loves them and never left them.