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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kira discover is still intact in Chapter 2 when she returns home?
(a) Her loom.
(b) Her cott.
(c) Her well.
(d) Her garden.

2. Where does Kira travel at mid-morning in Chapter 3?
(a) The Council Edifice.
(b) Matt's cott.
(c) The weaver's shed.
(d) Through the woods to the next village.

3. Who is Thomas?
(a) Jamison's arch rival.
(b) A boy Kira's age who also lives in the Edifice.
(c) A young tender.
(d) One of the Guardians.

4. What piece of jewelry of does Kira find in Matt's bundle?
(a) Her father's ring.
(b) Her mother's bracelet.
(c) Her baby bracelet.
(d) Her mother's pendant.

5. What does Matt offer to do for Kira in Chapter 6?
(a) Carry her possessions upstairs to her new quarters.
(b) Send a message to her father.
(c) Gather the remaining plants from her garden.
(d) Burn down Vandara's cott.

6. Which council member saw Kira's father die?
(a) Matt.
(b) Jamison.
(c) Vandar.
(d) Christopher.

7. What do some of the villagers want to store on Kira's property?
(a) Cloth.
(b) Small children and chickens.
(c) Food.
(d) Lumber.

8. What does Matt question Kira about in Chapter 1?
(a) Her property.
(b) The Field of Leaving.
(c) The council's decision.
(d) Her mother's death.

9. By law, what punishment does Kira's society give for murder?
(a) 40 lashes with a whip.
(b) Imprisionment for life.
(c) None.
(d) Death of the murderer.

10. In Chapter 3, when does the messenger arrive for Kira?
(a) At dawn.
(b) In the middle of the night.
(c) At noon.
(d) At dusk.

11. What object comforts Thomas?
(a) The Singer's staff.
(b) The embroidered scrap of cloth.
(c) A wooden toy carved by his father.
(d) A bit of wood he carved as a child.

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

13. What is the Ruin Song?
(a) The oral history of Kira's people that is sung annually.
(b) The song sung by the men while they are on the Great Hunt.
(c) The oral history of Kira's people that is sung every decade.
(d) A song sung during the weekly religious ceremony.

14. Where do the women of the village plan to take Kira?
(a) Before the Council of Guardians.
(b) To the next village.
(c) To the Field of Leaving.
(d) To the woods.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kira find destroyed in Chapter 2 when she returns home?

2. What does one tender assist Kira with on her first morning in the Edifice?

3. What is Thomas' job in the Edifice?

4. How did Kira's father reportedly die?

5. What comforts Kira's aching fingers one evening in Chapter 9?

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