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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why isn't Kira allowed to watch over Annabella's body in the Field of Leaving?
(a) Jamison tells her she will be tainted for the ceremony.
(b) Matt is already in the Field watching over Annabella.
(c) She cannot travel outside the Edifice until after the Ruin Song.
(d) Jamison tells her she doesn't have time to spare.

7. Who does Kira speak to through a door keyhole?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Jo.
(c) Jamison.
(d) Matt.

8. Where do Kira and Thomas go in Chapter 17?
(a) To the Fen.
(b) To the next village.
(c) To Annabella's cott.
(d) To the dungeons of the Edifice.

9. What does Jamison expect Kira to tell everyone with her needle and thread?
(a) Whatever the guardians say.
(b) The past.
(c) The future.
(d) Her story.

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

11. What gift does the stranger give to Kira in Chapter 21?
(a) The plants to make blue dye.
(b) A bag of seeds.
(c) The Book of History.
(d) A pot of blue dye.

12. What does Jamison tell Kira in Chapter 14?
(a) Annabella was eaten by beasts.
(b) Annabella died of the same illness that killed Kira's mother.
(c) Annabella died in her sleep.
(d) Annabella has moved to the next village.

13. What claim does Thomas make about his and Kira's parents in Chapter 13?
(a) They may still be alive.
(b) Their deaths may be suspicious.
(c) They were the only good people in the world.
(d) They abandoned their children on purpose.

14. How does Thomas open the locks in the Edifice?
(a) With a stolen key.
(b) By unscrewing the lock faces.
(c) With a metal stick.
(d) With a key he carved.

15. Which character once attempted to kill Christopher?
(a) Kira's father.
(b) Vandara.
(c) Jamison.
(d) Annabella.

Short Answer Questions

1. What area do Kira and Thomas pass as they look for Matt in Chapter 17?

2. In the beginning of Chapter 17, how long has Matt been missing?

3. What do Kira and her friends hear a child doing while on the lower floor of the Edifice in Chapter 13?

4. According to Matt's brother, where has Matt gone?

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

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