2. How did Kira's father manage to escape the Field of Leaving?
(a) Annabella came and took him to her cott.
(b) Strangers came and took him away to a different village.
(c) Jamison set him on a horse headed through the woods.
(d) He struggled to stand and walked to Annabella's cott.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. In Chapter 12, what sound has Thomas heard at night?
(a) An electronic humming.
(b) An eerie singing.
(c) A crying child.
(d) A metallic scraping.

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

14. What is unusual about Christopher's village?
(a) It is populated by injured people from other villages.
(b) It is populated by artisans and keepers of history.
(c) Everyone, even the women, can read.
(d) It is protected by the beasts of the woods.

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