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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing our main character is said to have seen in the very beginning of the novel?
(a) A man.
(b) A shadow.
(c) Nothing. She hears someone.
(d) A boat.

2. What does the Lord confess to Birle once they are safe from the dog and men?
(a) That he does not know how to wield a sword or knife as a weapon.
(b) That he is really terrified of dogs.
(c) That he fainted temporarily when the dog jumped on him.
(d) That he has never killed a man.

3. What types of people has Birle heard tales about since childhood, which might speculate as to who this mysterious figure might be?
(a) Robbers and murderers.
(b) Robbers and runaway servants.
(c) Runaway slaves and their masters.
(d) Runaway servants and murderers.

4. What does Birle say in attempts to convince the Lord to take him with her on his journey?
(a) She says that she is desperate to escape from her home.
(b) She says she is an excellent tracker.
(c) She says she knows the forest and what is in the forest is for eating.
(d) She says she knows how to hunt better than any man and can feed him well.

5. What is put on Birle and Yul to identify them as belonging to Corbel?
(a) Collars.
(b) Shackles.
(c) Tattoos.
(d) Anklets.

6. Why does the thief decide to keep Birle on board the boat and listen to her?
(a) She convinces him that she knows the area and without her, he will be lost.
(b) She says she will reward him for the return of the boat.
(c) She agrees to row for him so that he can rest.
(d) She agrees to marry him.

7. What does Birle offer the Lord as a gift?
(a) Her grandparent's map.
(b) Her father's spear.
(c) Her mother's necklace.
(d) The Inn's boat.

8. Hearing what name causes everyone's attitude to change in the city that Birle and Orien are taken to?
(a) Corbel.
(b) Yul.
(c) Torson.
(d) Ker.

9. Birle knows that the movement she sees at the beginning of the novel is not a man of the village because of what?
(a) Men of the village carry a light.
(b) Men of the village always walk in pairs.
(c) Men of the village make no noise.
(d) Men of the village are shorter.

10. What does Birle NOT think about as she and the Lord travel down the river?
(a) The end of the journey and the parting.
(b) Her Da, brothers, and Nan.
(c) The life of an Innkeeper's daughter.
(d) Her grandparents.

11. How do the people of the village bathe in the winter, according to Birle?
(a) By sitting in tubs.
(b) By standing in wine barrels.
(c) By standing in wooden crates.
(d) By sitting in metal tins.

12. What article of clothing does Birle use in hopes of the rain soaking it?
(a) Orien's hat.
(b) Her cloak.
(c) Orien's cloak.
(d) Her hat.

13. What does Birle promise the Lord?
(a) To hide if danger arises.
(b) To leave when he tells her to.
(c) To never fall in love with him.
(d) To obey all his commands.

14. What is the first "treasure" that Birle's grandparents showed her?
(a) A sack full of gold.
(b) An antique piece of jewelry from the royal family.
(c) A map of the kingdom.
(d) A painting of Birle's mother.

15. What is Birle's position in society?
(a) Innkeeper's daughter.
(b) Tavern wench.
(c) Farmer's daughter.
(d) Innkeeper's wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Birle's master?

2. Why does Orien apologize to Birle?

3. What is discovered about what is going to happen to Birle and Orien at the end of Chapter 10?

4. On the first evening, what does Birle attempt to request of the Lord?

5. What do the people of the village and the Inn fear?

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