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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kira do while she waits for the storm in Chapter 12 to pass?
(a) Works.
(b) Cleans the bathroom.
(c) Explores the Edifice with her friends.
(d) Embroiders her mother's dress.

2. What does Kira finish in Chapter 18?
(a) The repairs on the Singer's robe.
(b) The repairs on the Singer's hat.
(c) The Singer's stole.
(d) The embroidery on the Singer's cloak.

3. What does Thomas finish in Chapter 18?
(a) The repairs to the Singer's book.
(b) The repairs to the Singer's staff.
(c) Exploring the Edifice.
(d) Kira's new cott.

4. What do Thomas and Kira bring with them as they visit Jo in Chapter 16?
(a) Matt and Branch.
(b) Books and toys.
(c) Food and warm clothing for the child.
(d) The embroidered scrap of cloth and special piece of carved wood.

5. Who has Kira not seen during her stay in the Edifice?
(a) Christopher.
(b) The Ruin Singer.
(c) The Master Guardian.
(d) The cook.

6. What infirmity does the stranger waiting in Kira's room after the singing of the Ruin song have?
(a) A mauled face.
(b) A crippled leg.
(c) Deafness.
(d) Blindness.

7. Who walks through a storm to visit Kira?
(a) Matt and Branch.
(b) Christopher.
(c) Jamison.
(d) Annabella.

8. What gift does the stranger give to Kira in Chapter 21?
(a) The Book of History.
(b) A pot of blue dye.
(c) The plants to make blue dye.
(d) A bag of seeds.

9. What is Matt's "big" gift for Kira in Chapter 21?
(a) A pot of blue dye.
(b) Annabella.
(c) Her father, Christopher.
(d) A bag of seeds.

10. How did Kira's father manage to escape the Field of Leaving?
(a) He struggled to stand and walked to Annabella's cott.
(b) Strangers came and took him away to a different village.
(c) Annabella came and took him to her cott.
(d) Jamison set him on a horse headed through the woods.

11. What comment does Marlena make about Jo?
(a) Her songs were not only beautiful, but prophetic.
(b) She is Jo's sister.
(c) She was born a prophet.
(d) Jo's parents had too many children to keep.

12. According to Matt, where is Jo from?
(a) From "far yonder."
(b) The mountains.
(c) The next village.
(d) The Fen.

13. How does the Singer and the crowd end the Ruin song?
(a) "Listen, all ye people."
(b) "Listen, and remember."
(c) "Amen. So be it."
(d) "Thus says the song."

14. Where does Kira's friend Marlena work?
(a) In the Edifice.
(b) In the potter's shed.
(c) In the weaving shed.
(d) In the Fen.

15. Which character arrives late for the singing of the Ruin song?
(a) Matt.
(b) Christopher.
(c) Jamison.
(d) Annabella.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who visits Kira in her room after she returns from her exploration of the lower floor of the Edifice?

2. What political office was Kira's father to be appointed to before his "death"?

3. While learning the plants used to create cloth dyes, what has Kira also been learning?

4. What is the atmosphere in the Council Edifice as people gather for the singing of the Ruin song?

5. Where does Kira want Thomas to accompany her in Chapter 15?

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