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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the villagers regard Kira with contempt?
(a) According to custom, she was supposed to be destroyed at birth.
(b) According to custom, she was supposed to be sent away.
(c) She is living alone and unmarried.
(d) She has no useful skill or ability.

2. What comforts Kira as she falls asleep in her new bed in the Edifice?
(a) The sounds of the night.
(b) An embroidered scrap of cloth.
(c) Thoughts of her father.
(d) The smell of her mother's cloth.

3. How does Kira calm her nerves during the trial?
(a) By mentally reciting plant names and uses.
(b) By rubbing her hands.
(c) By running her hands though her hair.
(d) By stroking an embroidered scrap of cloth.

4. What verdict does the Council of Guardians render about Kira's case?
(a) Kira is to be sent to the next village.
(b) Kira is to stay in the Council Edifice and the Guardians will take her property.
(c) Kira is to stay in the Council Edifice and Vandara is given Kira's land.
(d) Vandara is to be sent to the Field of Leaving.

5. What do some of the villagers want to store on Kira's property?
(a) Food.
(b) Small children and chickens.
(c) Lumber.
(d) Cloth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men are on the Council of Guardians?

2. What does Kira find destroyed in Chapter 2 when she returns home?

3. Which character is allowed to speak first before the Council of Guardians in Chapter 3?

4. Where does Kira's friend Matt live?

5. What reportedly caused Vandara's scar?

(see the answer key)

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