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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who accompanies Kira to her room after the Ruin song is over?
(a) Annabella.
(b) Thomas.
(c) No one.
(d) Matt.

4. Who visits Kira in her room after she returns from her exploration of the lower floor of the Edifice?
(a) Matt.
(b) Jamison.
(c) Annabella.
(d) Christopher.

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

6. What revelation does Matt have about the beasts in the woods?
(a) They are tame.
(b) They fear light.
(c) He has the power to control them.
(d) They do not exist.

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

8. What does Thomas recall from his childhood in the Edifice?
(a) He never went outside the Edifice.
(b) He was locked in his room when he was a little boy.
(c) He was taught to carve wood by a blind man.
(d) He was taught to read by a blind man.

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

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

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

12. After her visit to Jo in Chapter 16, what does Kira do once she is back in her own bed?
(a) Reads a book of history.
(b) Plans their escape.
(c) Prays.
(d) Cries.

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

14. What does Kira finish in Chapter 18?
(a) The Singer's stole.
(b) The embroidery on the Singer's cloak.
(c) The repairs on the Singer's hat.
(d) The repairs on the Singer's robe.

15. How does the stranger in Chapter 21 find Kira's village?
(a) Matt led him.
(b) There is a map of all the villages in the Book of History.
(c) By the words to a song.
(d) By the feel of the sun on his face and the smells around him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who walks through a storm to visit Kira?

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

3. Where do Thomas and Kira sit during the singing of the Ruin song?

4. Where are the parents of the child heard in Chapter 13?

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

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