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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the parents of the child heard in Chapter 13?
(a) In the next village.
(b) In the village.
(c) Both are dead.
(d) In the Fen.

2. In Chapter 12, what thread does Kira wish she had?
(a) Silk thread.
(b) Blue thread.
(c) White thread.
(d) Purple thread.

3. How will Kira know what to embroider on the blank patch of cloth?
(a) The guardians will tell her what to embroider.
(b) Her fingers will know.
(c) She will dream her designs.
(d) Annabella will tell her what to embroider.

4. After her visit to Jo in Chapter 16, what does Kira do once she is back in her own bed?
(a) Cries.
(b) Plans their escape.
(c) Prays.
(d) Reads a book of history.

5. What valuable skill does Kira believe Matt possesses?
(a) The ability to prophesy.
(b) The ability to make blue dye.
(c) The ability to make people laugh.
(d) The ability to grow blue flowers.

6. How does Matt describe the people he met on his journey?
(a) Broken, but quiet and nice.
(b) Joyful and strong.
(c) Tall and powerful.
(d) Dark and mysterious.

7. At the beginning of Chapter 13, whose voice do Kira and her friends hear speaking harshly in the lower floor of the Edifice?
(a) Christopher's voice.
(b) An unknown man's voice.
(c) Jamison's voice.
(d) Annabella's voice.

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

9. In Chapter 16, what is Jo doing in her room when Thomas and Kira find her?
(a) Singing.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Playing.
(d) Staring out the window.

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

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

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

13. How does Matt's mother react to her son's absence?
(a) She is mourning the loss of her son.
(b) She didn't know he was missing.
(c) She is glad he is gone.
(d) She begs Thomas to find Matt.

14. How did Kira's father end up in the Field of Leaving?
(a) He woke up in the Field after falling during a hunt.
(b) He was mauled by a beast and left for dead in the Field.
(c) He limped to the Field after being injured.
(d) He was attacked and dragged forcibly to the Field.

15. What title is Kira given during the Ruin song ceremony?
(a) The Designer of the people.
(b) The Robe-threader and designer of the future.
(c) The Weaver of the future.
(d) The Knitter of the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Kira speak to through a door keyhole?

2. What does Kira give Jo as she tucks her into bed in Chapter 16?

3. What area do Kira and Thomas pass as they look for Matt in Chapter 17?

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

5. In the beginning of Chapter 17, how long has Matt been missing?

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