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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 gift do Kira and Thomas give Matt in Chapter 10?
(a) A haircut.
(b) Dinner.
(c) A bar of soap.
(d) A hug.

2. What does Kira realize she has never seen either dead or alive after she returns to the Edifice in Chapter 11?
(a) A beast.
(b) A bear or a wolf.
(c) Blue flowers.
(d) A crippled person.

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

4. How does Kira learn the rituals of ceremony that are expected before the Council of Guardians?
(a) By reading about the rituals.
(b) By guessing.
(c) By listening to her mother.
(d) By watching similar events in the past.

5. What is Kira's job in the Edifice?
(a) To embroider the Singer's cloak.
(b) To knit the Ruin Singer a new stole.
(c) To repair the Singer's hat.
(d) To repair and maintain the Singer's robe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the woman in the garden doing in Chapter 2?

2. Who is waiting for Kira inside the Edifice in Chapter 6?

3. What comforts Kira's aching fingers one evening in Chapter 9?

4. Where is Matt's father?

5. What do some of the villagers want to build on Kira's property?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Kira's options for defense during the trial?

2. What comforts Kira on her first night away from home?

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

4. What defense does Jamison give in Kira's trial?

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

6. What is the significance of the bar of soap in Chapter 10?

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

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

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

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

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