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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual sound does Kira hear at the beginning of the Ruin song ceremony?

2. Which character arrives late for the singing of the Ruin song?

3. According to Matt, where is Jo from?

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

5. What does Kira finish in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kira cry after returning from Jo's room at the end of Chapter 16?

2. How does Thomas demonstrate his mischievous side and surprise Kira in Chapter 15?

3. How do the villagers and Matt's family react to his absence?

4. Describe the Fen.

5. What does Kira find suspicious about Jo's situation, and why?

6. How does Kira spend her rainy day in Chapter 12?

7. Why is Kira's father still alive?

8. How are Kira, Thomas, and Jo treated during the Gathering ceremony?

9. What does Matt's journey through the woods reveal?

10. What is Jamison's role in the attack on Christopher?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the significance of the Singer's robe. What does it symbolize for Kira's people? By the end of the novel, what does it symbolize to Kira? How can the robe be used to alter the future of Kira's village?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the significance of the Ruin Song. What does it symbolize for Kira's people? How has it been altered though the years? What effect does this alteration have on Kira's people? After the Gathering, what does the Ruin Song symbolize to Kira?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the cycles evident in the novel. Is the purpose of the Singer's robe to predict cycles, prevent cycles, or break cycles, and why? If the robe, staff, and Ruin Song are unable to break the cycle that destroys societies, what will?

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