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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Esmeralda is known as the city of what?
(a) Emeralds.
(b) Promise.
(c) Water.
(d) Rainbows.

2. What happens when one moves along the walls of Marozia?
(a) The sky drops and one can reach the moon.
(b) The walls sink into the ground.
(c) A crack opens and a new city appears.
(d) The stone walls turn into transparent glass.

3. Berenice is made up of two cities, one just and the other unjust. What waits to blossom in the city of the unjust?
(a) A flower of disgrace.
(b) A kernel of hope.
(c) A grain of truth.
(d) A seed of corruption.

4. What happens to the city of Irene as one approaches it?
(a) It changes.
(b) It floats away.
(c) It spins.
(d) It vanishes.

5. Why does Khan question Polo's motives for travel?
(a) Polo is a complete mystery to him.
(b) He stops trusting Polo.
(c) He no longer wants to fund Polo's travels.
(d) He hears the longing in Polo's voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which city is a gray stone metropolis with a large metal building in the center?

2. What is Laudomia made up of?

3. At the conclusion of Chapter 1, Khan is completely satisfied with Polo's explanations but still remembers what?

4. What theme runs through Chapter 4 with regard to how Polo tells his tales?

5. When Polo tells his tales while enjoying the evening breeze as he sits on a doorstep, what does he explain to Khan?

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