to get to the graduation ceremony symbolises a milestone is Cia’s life as she is going to be an adult. After learning her father’s secret about the Testing, Cia went to pack her bags and choses two items that she could bring along with her. One of the items she chose was Zeen’s “small handheld device called a Transit Communicator” which has “a compass, a calculator, and a communication system”(38-39). This is a perfect survival tool and it also symbolises a piece of her home and a reminder to keep her family safe. One important motif in the story is the recurring deaths of Testing candidates to show the theme of social darwinism. Another motif was the demolished and revitalized cities that appears multiple times in the story such as Chicago,