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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Thomas and Kira bring with them as they visit Jo in Chapter 16?
(a) Food and warm clothing for the child.
(b) Books and toys.
(c) The embroidered scrap of cloth and special piece of carved wood.
(d) Matt and Branch.

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

3. What unusual sound does Kira hear at the beginning of the Ruin song ceremony?
(a) An echoing ring.
(b) A metallic scraping.
(c) An electronic beeping.
(d) A soft buzzing.

4. In the beginning of Chapter 17, how long has Matt been missing?
(a) Two days.
(b) Nine days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) A month.

5. Where does Christopher ask Kira to go?
(a) To the woods to find blue flowers.
(b) Down to the dungeon.
(c) With him to the Council of Guardians.
(d) Back to his village to begin a new life.

6. What is being constructed for Kira at the beginning of Chapter 15?
(a) A weaver's shed.
(b) A place to grow and process the plants used in dye making.
(c) A place to instruct the girls of the village.
(d) A new cott.

7. How is Jo supposed to contact Thomas if she needs help?
(a) Sing a special song through the pipes.
(b) Knock on her ceiling with a hairbrush.
(c) Knock on the bathroom floor with a hairbrush.
(d) Hit the bathroom pipes with a hairbrush.

8. What does Thomas finish in Chapter 18?
(a) The repairs to the Singer's book.
(b) Kira's new cott.
(c) The repairs to the Singer's staff.
(d) Exploring the Edifice.

9. What has been brought to the Edifice from Annabella's cott?
(a) Annabella's dog.
(b) Nothing.
(c) All of Annabella's dyeing materials.
(d) Annabella's blue flowers.

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

11. Where are the parents of the child heard in Chapter 13?
(a) Both are dead.
(b) In the village.
(c) In the next village.
(d) In the Fen.

12. Who has Kira not seen during her stay in the Edifice?
(a) Christopher.
(b) The Master Guardian.
(c) The Ruin Singer.
(d) The cook.

13. What is the atmosphere in the Council Edifice as people gather for the singing of the Ruin song?
(a) Solemn and respectful.
(b) Raucous and rowdy.
(c) Filled with wailing and sadness.
(d) Joyous and noisy.

14. How does the Ruin song begin?
(a) "Here in this place."
(b) "As we all gather."
(c) "In the beginning."
(d) "Listen, all ye people."

15. What does Jamison recite for Kira in Chapter 18?
(a) The rules of the Edifice.
(b) The song of the Great Hunt.
(c) Passages from the Ruin song.
(d) Poems from before the Ruin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who/what does Kira ask about Matt's location?

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

3. What "small" gift does Matt bring to Kira in Chapter 20?

4. What is Matt's "big" gift for Kira in Chapter 21?

5. How will Kira know what to embroider on the blank patch of cloth?

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