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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What title is Thomas given during the Ruin song ceremony?
(a) The Designer of the future.
(b) The Keeper of the Staff.
(c) The Carver of the future.
(d) The Designer of the people.

2. In Chapter 16, what is Jo doing in her room when Thomas and Kira find her?
(a) Singing.
(b) Playing.
(c) Staring out the window.
(d) Sleeping.

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

4. What valuable skill does Kira believe Matt possesses?
(a) The ability to grow blue flowers.
(b) The ability to make blue dye.
(c) The ability to make people laugh.
(d) The ability to prophesy.

5. What does Kira do while she waits for the storm in Chapter 12 to pass?
(a) Explores the Edifice with her friends.
(b) Embroiders her mother's dress.
(c) Cleans the bathroom.
(d) Works.

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

12. What comment does Jo have in Chapter 16 about the songs she sings?
(a) She doesn't learn songs, she just "knows" them.
(b) She does not enjoy singing the songs the Guardians teach her.
(c) She loves to sing for Jamison.
(d) Her songs are sung to her by a bluebird.

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

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

15. In Chapter 12, what thread does Kira wish she had?
(a) White thread.
(b) Silk thread.
(c) Blue thread.
(d) Purple thread.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has Kira not seen during her stay in the Edifice?

2. How does Matt describe the people he met on his journey?

3. How will Kira know what to embroider on the blank patch of cloth?

4. Why isn't Kira allowed to watch over Annabella's body in the Field of Leaving?

5. How does the Ruin song begin?

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