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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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."

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

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

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

10. Who does Matt see in the Field of Leaving in Chapter 14?
(a) Jo.
(b) Vandara.
(c) Christopher.
(d) Jamison.

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

12. How does Matt describe the people he met on his journey?
(a) Tall and powerful.
(b) Joyful and strong.
(c) Broken, but quiet and nice.
(d) Dark and mysterious.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Matt, where is Jo from?

2. What comment does Jo have in Chapter 16 about the songs she sings?

3. What does Jamison recite for Kira in Chapter 18?

4. How did Kira's father end up in the Field of Leaving?

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

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