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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. After her visit to Jo in Chapter 16, what does Kira do once she is back in her own bed?
(a) Plans their escape.
(b) Reads a book of history.
(c) Prays.
(d) Cries.

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

3. 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.

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

5. At the beginning of Chapter 13, whose voice do Kira and her friends hear speaking harshly in the lower floor of the Edifice?
(a) Jamison's voice.
(b) An unknown man's voice.
(c) Christopher's voice.
(d) Annabella's voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jamison tell Kira in Chapter 14?

2. Where do Thomas and Kira sit during the singing of the Ruin song?

3. Where does Christopher ask Kira to go?

4. What valuable skill does Kira believe Matt possesses?

5. What comment does Jo have in Chapter 16 about the songs she sings?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the village Matt encountered on his journey to find "blue".

2. How does Thomas demonstrate his mischievous side and surprise Kira in Chapter 15?

3. What does the Gathering ceremony resemble?

4. What does Thomas claim to have heard in Chapter 12 and how do the children react to his claim?

5. Who is the blind man and what is his significance in the story?

6. What does Matt's journey through the woods reveal?

7. Why does Kira cry after returning from Jo's room at the end of Chapter 16?

8. Describe the Fen.

9. What is Kira to do on the blank section of the Singer's robe, and how does she react to her new task?

10. How do the villagers and Matt's family react to his absence?

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