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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kira do when Vandara and the village women leave?
(a) She cries.
(b) She makes plans for the future.
(c) She runs away.
(d) She throws a rock.

2. What object is Kira commanded by the Council of Guardians to mend?
(a) The singer's stole.
(b) The singer's robe.
(c) The singer's hat.
(d) The singer's cloak.

3. What verdict does the Council of Guardians render about Kira's case?
(a) Vandara is to be sent to the Field of Leaving.
(b) Kira is to be sent to the next village.
(c) Kira is to stay in the Council Edifice and Vandara is given Kira's land.
(d) Kira is to stay in the Council Edifice and the Guardians will take her property.

4. Who visits Kira after lunch on her first day in the Edifice?
(a) Vandara.
(b) Christopher.
(c) Jamison.
(d) Matt.

5. What does Annabella teach?
(a) Ceremonial dance.
(b) The art of weaving.
(c) The arts of cloth craft and dyeing.
(d) Reading and writing.

6. What does Kira sleep with the night after she is frightened along the path to Annabella's house?
(a) A child's doll.
(b) A hunting knife.
(c) Her scrap of embroidered cloth.
(d) Her mother's scarf.

7. Who are the tenders?
(a) Boys training to be Guardians.
(b) Servants who care for the orphans in the Edifice.
(c) Young boys who tend the flocks.
(d) Acolytes who participate in religious ceremonies.

8. How do the members of the council respond to Kira's ritual actions in Chapter 3?
(a) They chuckle.
(b) They nod their approval.
(c) They frown.
(d) They scold her for her clumsiness.

9. What does Matt have inside the bundle he has for Kira in Chapter 6?
(a) Items he removed from her cott before it was burned.
(b) Flower bulbs from her garden.
(c) A bundle of threads from her loom.
(d) Food for her journey.

10. How is Vandara dressed as she presents herself before the Council of Guardians?
(a) She is wearing an elaborately embroidered gown.
(b) She is wearing a brightly colored smock.
(c) She is dirty and barefoot.
(d) She is dressed in white linen.

11. What did Kira show her mother just before she died?
(a) A new plant.
(b) A woven scarf.
(c) An intricately embroidered scrap of cloth.
(d) A letter from her father.

12. What other object of her mother's does Kira find in Matt's bundle?
(a) Her diary.
(b) Her threading frame.
(c) Her wedding ring.
(d) Her Bible.

13. What gift do Kira and Thomas give Matt in Chapter 10?
(a) A hug.
(b) A haircut.
(c) Dinner.
(d) A bar of soap.

14. What do some of the villagers want to build on Kira's property?
(a) A bonfire.
(b) A new cott.
(c) A corral.
(d) A weaving shed.

15. In Chapter 11, what frightens Kira as she walks to Annabella's house?
(a) The darkness of the forest.
(b) The howl of the wind.
(c) The whine of a child.
(d) The growl of a beast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jamison question Kira about in Chapter 5?

2. Which council member knew Kira's father?

3. What does Kira do when she is threatened by Vandara and the other women in Chapter 2?

4. Who is Thomas?

5. Where will the weaver with the broken arm probably be sent?

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