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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What crime has Vandara been accused of in the past?
(a) Murdering her mother.
(b) Poisoning her own child.
(c) Poisioning her husband.
(d) Stealing cloth from the weavers.

3. What is brought to Kira's room on her first morning in the Edifice?
(a) Work tools.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Pots of dye.
(d) Bolts of brightly colored cloth.

4. What do the weavers offer Kira at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Dyed threads.
(b) A seat at the empty loom.
(c) Advice on her task.
(d) A new robe.

5. What does Matt question Kira about in Chapter 1?
(a) The Field of Leaving.
(b) The council's decision.
(c) Her property.
(d) Her mother's death.

6. What does Kira discover is still intact in Chapter 2 when she returns home?
(a) Her garden.
(b) Her cott.
(c) Her well.
(d) Her loom.

7. What does Matt fear Kira might be while living in the Edifice?
(a) A mistress.
(b) Tortured.
(c) A prisoner.
(d) A servant.

8. What warning does Matt give Kira in Chapter 1?
(a) Some of the villagers plan to raid her cott.
(b) The Council of Guardians will take her property.
(c) Some of the villagers plan to force her away from the village.
(d) She should stay on the path in the woods.

9. What deformity does Kira suffer from?
(a) A deformed spine.
(b) A crippled arm.
(c) A crippled leg.
(d) Blindness.

10. What gift do Kira and Thomas give Matt in Chapter 10?
(a) A haircut.
(b) A bar of soap.
(c) A hug.
(d) Dinner.

11. What are Matt and his friends doing while Kira is on trial?
(a) Cooking a meal for Kira.
(b) Gathering saplings to make her a new cott.
(c) Praying that Kira will not be put in the Field of Leaving.
(d) Planning Kira's escape.

12. What building does Kira visit after leaving the Council Edifice?
(a) Matt's cott.
(b) Jamison's cott.
(c) The weaving shed.
(d) The potter's shed.

13. What is in the large box that the council brings before Kira?
(a) The singer's stole.
(b) The singer's hat.
(c) The singer's cloak.
(d) The singer's robe.

14. What does Kira have in her new room that was not in her cott?
(a) Electricity.
(b) A window.
(c) A closet.
(d) A lamp.

15. How did Thomas become an orphan?
(a) His mother was killed by lightning and his father on a hunt.
(b) Both of his parents died on a hunt.
(c) His mother abandoned him on the steps of the Edifice.
(d) Both of his parents were killed by lightning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Vandara and the other women threaten Kira with in Chapter 2?

2. What is the woman in the garden doing in Chapter 2?

3. What does Matt offer to do for Kira in Chapter 6?

4. What does Matt have inside the bundle he has for Kira in Chapter 6?

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

(see the answer keys)

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