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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. What does Kira do when she is threatened by Vandara and the other women in Chapter 2?
(a) She claims her right to a hearing before the Council of Guardians.
(b) She hides in the Council Edifice.
(c) She fights back with a stone knife.
(d) She runs and hides in Matt's cott.

2. What do Vandara and the other women threaten Kira with in Chapter 2?
(a) Saplings.
(b) Spears.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Fists.

3. Who cuts Vandara off midway through her accusation?
(a) Kira.
(b) Matt.
(c) Christopher.
(d) The council.

4. What about Jamison amazes Kira?
(a) His ability to write.
(b) His speech.
(c) His ability to read.
(d) His intense blue eyes.

5. In Chapter 9, what does Kira recite as she works?
(a) The names of her ancestors.
(b) Sections of the Ruin song.
(c) The names and uses of the plants Annabella taught her.
(d) Ceremonial chants Jamison taught her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, when does the messenger arrive for Kira?

2. What does Kira do when Vandara and the village women leave?

3. Why does Kira decide to visit Annabella?

4. What reportedly caused Vandara's scar?

5. What deformity does Kira suffer from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Matt manage to save from Kira's cott before it is burned?

2. Describe what is known about the character Annabella by the end of Chapter 8.

3. What is the significance of names in Kira's society?

4. Describe what readers know about Kira after reading Chapter 1.

5. Why do the women in the weaver's shed offer Kira a position at the loom?

6. How does Kira react in Chapter 2to the destruction of her home?

7. What is the role of the tenders?

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

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

10. How does Kira prepare for her trial in Chapter 3?

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