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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 place to instruct the girls of the village.
(c) A weaver's shed.
(d) A new cott.

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

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

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

6. What "small" gift does Matt bring to Kira in Chapter 20?
(a) A blue flower.
(b) A bundle of white threads.
(c) A bundle of blue threads.
(d) A scrap of blue cloth.

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

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

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

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

11. Where does Kira want Thomas to accompany her in Chapter 15?
(a) To Matt's cott.
(b) To Jo's room.
(c) To Annabella's cott.
(d) To the next village.

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

13. How does Matt's mother react to her son's absence?
(a) She is glad he is gone.
(b) She didn't know he was missing.
(c) She begs Thomas to find Matt.
(d) She is mourning the loss of her son.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which character once attempted to kill Christopher?

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

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

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