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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 comment does Marlena make about Jo?
(a) Jo's parents had too many children to keep.
(b) She was born a prophet.
(c) Her songs were not only beautiful, but prophetic.
(d) She is Jo's sister.

2. What frightens Kira as the Ruin song resumes after lunch?
(a) Thomas disappears.
(b) Matt disappears.
(c) She sees Annabella in the crowd.
(d) She recognizes the source of the mysterious sound.

3. How does Matt describe the people he met on his journey?
(a) Dark and mysterious.
(b) Broken, but quiet and nice.
(c) Tall and powerful.
(d) Joyful and strong.

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

5. What do Kira and her friends hear a child doing while on the lower floor of the Edifice in Chapter 13?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Reading.
(c) Jumping.
(d) Singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the storm keep Kira from doing in Chapter 12?

2. What does Jamison expect Kira to tell everyone with her needle and thread?

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

4. What "small" gift does Matt bring to Kira in Chapter 20?

5. What political office was Kira's father to be appointed to before his "death"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kira spend her rainy day in Chapter 12?

2. How have the words of the Ruin song been distorted over time?

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

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

5. Describe Kira and Thomas' visit to Jo in Chapter 16.

6. Describe the Fen.

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

8. Why is Kira's father still alive?

9. Describe what is known about the character Jo by the end of Chapter 13.

10. How does Kira react when Jamison refuses to allow her to watch over Annabella's body in the Field of Leaving?

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