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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comment does Jo have in Chapter 16 about the songs she sings?
(a) Her songs are sung to her by a bluebird.
(b) She loves to sing for Jamison.
(c) She does not enjoy singing the songs the Guardians teach her.
(d) She doesn't learn songs, she just "knows" them.

2. According to Matt's brother, where has Matt gone?
(a) Over yonder to the next village.
(b) On the great hunt.
(c) To find a gift of blue for Kira.
(d) To find Kira's father.

3. Which character arrives late for the singing of the Ruin song?
(a) Christopher.
(b) Matt.
(c) Jamison.
(d) Annabella.

4. What political office was Kira's father to be appointed to before his "death"?
(a) Keeper of the Staff.
(b) The Village Council.
(c) The Council of Guardians.
(d) Keeper of the Song.

5. Which character takes Kira's place in the weaving shed?
(a) Marlena.
(b) Vandara.
(c) Matt.
(d) Jo.

6. How does the Singer and the crowd end the Ruin song?
(a) "Thus says the song."
(b) "Listen, and remember."
(c) "Amen. So be it."
(d) "Listen, all ye people."

7. What does Kira give Jo as she tucks her into bed in Chapter 16?
(a) A hug.
(b) A kiss.
(c) An embroidered cloth doll.
(d) Her embroidered scrap of cloth.

8. Where do Thomas and Kira sit during the singing of the Ruin song?
(a) In the front row with the crowd.
(b) Behind the stage until it is their turn to move.
(c) On the stage near the Worship-object.
(d) In their rooms.

9. Who/what does Kira ask about Matt's location?
(a) The embroidered scrap of cloth.
(b) Jo.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Jamison.

10. What frightens Kira as the Ruin song resumes after lunch?
(a) Thomas disappears.
(b) She recognizes the source of the mysterious sound.
(c) She sees Annabella in the crowd.
(d) Matt disappears.

11. What do Kira and her friends hear a child doing while on the lower floor of the Edifice in Chapter 13?
(a) Singing.
(b) Jumping.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Reading.

12. At the beginning of Chapter 13, whose voice do Kira and her friends hear speaking harshly in the lower floor of the Edifice?
(a) Jamison's voice.
(b) Christopher's voice.
(c) An unknown man's voice.
(d) Annabella's voice.

13. What title is Kira given during the Ruin song ceremony?
(a) The Designer of the people.
(b) The Robe-threader and designer of the future.
(c) The Knitter of the past.
(d) The Weaver of the future.

14. How will Kira know what to embroider on the blank patch of cloth?
(a) Her fingers will know.
(b) The guardians will tell her what to embroider.
(c) Annabella will tell her what to embroider.
(d) She will dream her designs.

15. What is Matt's "big" gift for Kira in Chapter 21?
(a) Her father, Christopher.
(b) Annabella.
(c) A pot of blue dye.
(d) A bag of seeds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who accompanies Kira to her room after the Ruin song is over?

2. What does Thomas recall from his childhood in the Edifice?

3. Where does Christopher ask Kira to go?

4. What does Kira do while she waits for the storm in Chapter 12 to pass?

5. Who visits Kira in her room after she returns from her exploration of the lower floor of the Edifice?

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