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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who accompanies Kira to her room after the Ruin song is over?
(a) Annabella.
(b) No one.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Matt.

3. According to Matt, where is Jo from?
(a) The mountains.
(b) The Fen.
(c) The next village.
(d) From "far yonder."

4. What does the storm keep Kira from doing in Chapter 12?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Traveling to Annabella's house.
(c) Working.
(d) Boiling dyes.

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

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

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

8. 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."

9. What unusual sound does Kira hear at the beginning of the Ruin song ceremony?
(a) An electronic beeping.
(b) A metallic scraping.
(c) A soft buzzing.
(d) An echoing ring.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who walks through a storm to visit Kira?

2. How is Jo supposed to contact Thomas if she needs help?

3. How does Matt's mother react to her son's absence?

4. What valuable skill does Kira believe Matt possesses?

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

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