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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the members of the council respond to Kira's ritual actions in Chapter 3?
(a) They frown.
(b) They scold her for her clumsiness.
(c) They chuckle.
(d) They nod their approval.

2. What is the Ruin Song?
(a) The song sung by the men while they are on the Great Hunt.
(b) The oral history of Kira's people that is sung every decade.
(c) The oral history of Kira's people that is sung annually.
(d) A song sung during the weekly religious ceremony.

3. In Chapter 11, what frightens Kira as she walks to Annabella's house?
(a) The whine of a child.
(b) The growl of a beast.
(c) The howl of the wind.
(d) The darkness of the forest.

4. Who does Kira confide in about her experience on the way to Annabella's house?
(a) Matt.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Jamison.
(d) No one.

5. What other object of her mother's does Kira find in Matt's bundle?
(a) Her threading frame.
(b) Her wedding ring.
(c) Her Bible.
(d) Her diary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do some of the villagers want to store on Kira's property?

2. What comforts Kira as she falls asleep in her new bed in the Edifice?

3. What gift do Kira and Thomas give Matt in Chapter 10?

4. What does Kira find destroyed in Chapter 2 when she returns home?

5. Where does Kira travel at mid-morning in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Since Kira, as a woman, is forbidden to learn to read or write, how does she study Annabella's lessons?

2. How is Matt's relationship with Branch similar to his friendship with Kira?

3. Describe the confrontation between Vandara and Kira in Chapter 2.

4. How does Matt attempt to help Kira during the trial?

5. Describe the customs surrounding death in Kira's society.

6. Describe Kira's scrap of cloth. Why does she keep it near her?

7. What is the role of the tenders?

8. How does Kira find the color she needs for her threads?

9. Describe Kira's living quarters in the Edifice.

10. Describe Vandara's appearance and demeanor during the trial in Chapter 3.

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