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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Birle forced to do to protect the Lord?
(a) Cut off the Lord's hand that is attached to the dog.
(b) Slit the dog's throat.
(c) Throw her knife at the man chasing them.
(d) Nothing, she keeps running.

2. What alerts the mysterious figure to Birle's presence?
(a) She calls out to the figure.
(b) She trips and lets out a yelp.
(c) She steps on wooden planks which make noise.
(d) She falls into the river making a splash.

3. What does Birle confess to having done back at the Inn?
(a) Running away as a child.
(b) Being with a man before marriage.
(c) Shirking her chores.
(d) Burying her grandparent's treasure.

4. What is discovered about Birle's engagement to Muir?
(a) Granda and Gran arranged it.
(b) Nan and Da forced her into it.
(c) Birle is vehemently against it.
(d) Birle is the one who accepted the proposal on her own.

5. About whom do Birle and Orien tell stories, all with different plots?
(a) The King.
(b) The Earl.
(c) King Midas.
(d) Jackaroo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question from Birle turns the Lord reticent for two days?

2. How many days are Birle and Orien stuck on the rock?

3. Where do Birle and the Lord decide to spend the rest of the night in Chapter 5?

4. What does the Lord call Birle every so often?

5. What happened to the one woman that Orien loved?

Short Essay Questions

1. Joaquim and Corbel are brothers, yet they are vastly different. Briefly describe their differences and mention why Corbel keeps Joaquim around.

2. Name a few differences in lifestyle between Birle and Orien that they mention.

3. Why does Birle agree to marry Muir, and how does she feel about the wedding near the end of Chapter 2?

4. Describe how Birle is treated by the middling man.

5. In what ways does Birle demonstrate her independence and usefulness to the reader and Orien in Chapter 3?

6. Describe Corbel's initial appearance and his character.

7. What information do we finally learn about the Lord in Chapter 7? Why did he not reveal his identity sooner?

8. Chapter 2 discusses a brief family background of Birle's. Who is Granda, Gran, Lyss, Da, and Nan and how are they related to Birle?

9. Briefly describe what happened with the woman Orien loved.

10. Describe Ker and Torson's treatment of Orien and Birle.

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