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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What solution does Alys prepare that she hopes will help Bryn make it full-term in her current pregnancy?
(a) Raspberry leaf infusion.
(b) Blueberry leaf infusion.
(c) Strawberry leaf infusion.
(d) Marionberry leaf infusion.

2. What is the only way to escape the village's boundaries once the winding path up the cliff ends?
(a) One must pray to the heavens for mercy.
(b) One must scale the sheer rock wall.
(c) One must sacrifice the life of a living animal.
(d) One must call upon the Trademaster for help.

3. What is a selkie?
(a) A mythical walrus creature.
(b) A mythical mermaid creature.
(c) A mythical narwhal creature.
(d) A mythical seal creature.

4. With what tool had Trademaster hacked off half of each of Einar's feet after Einar had refused to trade with him?
(a) A machete.
(b) A saw.
(c) A scythe.
(d) A hatchet.

5. What type of bird attacks Claire during her assent up the cliff?
(a) A gull.
(b) A hawk.
(c) An egret.
(d) An eagle.

6. How old are the three best friends Delwyth, Bethan, and Eira at the time of Claire's arrival in the village?
(a) Eight.
(b) Four.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

7. What is the one detail of Claire's arrival in the village that remains constant over time?
(a) She had come from the river.
(b) She had come from the clouds.
(c) She had come from the sunshine.
(d) She had come from the sea.

8. Until what age had Einar been raised by someone other than his father?
(a) Six.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

9. What does Claire do with the signalling rock before she throws it down to Einar?
(a) She writes a love note on it.
(b) She wipes the blood from its surface.
(c) She kisses it.
(d) She breaks it in half.

10. Bethan suggests that the three girls should stop including a baby in their pretending games due to what reason?
(a) Because she mother says it is bad luck.
(b) Because it is getting dark and they need to get home.
(c) Because they have not been trained in caring for infants.
(d) Because a fairy may overhear and try to take the baby.

11. One village legend says that when Tall Andras had come upon Claire, he had uttered what one word aloud?
(a) Her.
(b) Yes.
(c) Girl.
(d) Mine.

12. What type of footwear does Claire always wear during her time living in the village?
(a) Leather boots.
(b) Bamboo sandals.
(c) Leather sandals.
(d) Seagrass sandals.

13. What does Einar mean when he tells Claire that he had been a wife to his father "in other ways too terrible to mention"? (206).
(a) He had cooked for his father.
(b) He had arranged social activities for his father.
(c) He had cleaned the house for his father.
(d) His father had sexually abused him.

14. When Claire feels she has mastered the running of the hillside path, what does Einar do to make the task more difficult?
(a) He tells her to run a more difficult path.
(b) He tells her to take off her shoes.
(c) He ties her hands together.
(d) He tells her to run backwards.

15. With whom had Einar lived during his early childhood before going to live with his father?
(a) Monks.
(b) Village women.
(c) Healers.
(d) Elders.

Short Answer Questions

1. In reality, who carries Claire from the water into the village?

2. What quality of the villagers' discovery of Claire is one they have never experienced before?

3. What item does Alys remove from the bottom of her trunk so that Claire may smell its scent?

4. What is NOT one of the items Claire takes with her when she climbs out?

5. How old had Old Benedikt and Alys been the first time they danced?

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