Cia Vale Civil War Quotes

Cia Vale is a high school student who is graduating in the Five Lakes Colony, a colony which is one of eighteen colonies created after a war deemed the Seven Stage War destroyed much of the world and its inhabitants. She is hoping to get chosen for the Testing, a multi-stage test that determines who is chosen for the University. She, along with her good friend Tomas and two others, are the first in years to be chosen for the mandatory Testing. She is excited, but her dad, a graduate from the University, warns of of nightmares he’s had that he and other University graduates don’t know if the nightmares are memories from the Testing. When the group arrives in Tosu city, center of the new United Commonwealth and Testing location, they are introduced to a wonderful city. They soon start the Testing and them and the other 104 students soon began to discover the dark secrets it hides and the killer competitiveness fellow students have.

One of the repeating motifs in the novel The Testing is the
“The smell, urine mixed with corncakes, hits me first,”(Page 92). When she first meets Rye, Rye seems to be a nice and sweet person who even offers to share homemade corncakes. But suspicion rises by Rye’s continuous urge for Cia to have one and when Rye’s arrogance starts to show. The urine on the corncakes shows her failed plan of sabotage and teaches Cia to be more wary of people she may trust. This tip is more relevant in the story during the fourth test when they are out in the barren wasteland trying to find their way back and trusting someone could be life or death. This lesson can also be relevant in real life because some people may seem to have nice intentions but could be dangerous. This lesson usually instilled in us as kids when our parents say,”Don’t take candy from strangers,” but The Testing uses this and puts it in a more dangerous and competitive