View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who embarrasses Miri?
(a) Marda.
(b) Peder.
(c) One of the soldiers.
(d) Her pa.

2. What does Miri receive for her fifteenth birthday?
(a) A tablet of paper.
(b) New shoes.
(c) One of her mother's dresses.
(d) A small statue of her mother carved from Linder.

3. What does Miri doubt she could do when she is musing about the prince?
(a) Ever feel anything but inferior.
(b) Leave her sister.
(c) Marry someone she does not know.
(d) Leave her village.

4. Why do the girls blame Miri that they cannot go home?
(a) Because her family is wealthier than the other villagers.
(b) Because Miri is too friendly to Britta.
(c) Because Miri is so independent.
(d) Because she speaks out against the rules and the girls are forbidden to go home.

5. What is coming up in the Fall?
(a) A harvest festival.
(b) A dance.
(c) The Prince's visit.
(d) The Fall equinox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miri want to tell the village?

2. What does Miri worry about after telling the true story of her mother?

3. What does Peder say mining linder is like?

4. Whose hand does Miri take as she is walking to the academy?

5. What does Miri look forward to in the opening of Chapter 9?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 274 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample