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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 title is Thomas given during the Ruin song ceremony?
(a) The Carver of the future.
(b) The Keeper of the Staff.
(c) The Designer of the future.
(d) The Designer of the people.

2. In Chapter 12, what thread does Kira wish she had?
(a) Blue thread.
(b) White thread.
(c) Silk thread.
(d) Purple thread.

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

4. Where do Thomas and Kira sit during the singing of the Ruin song?
(a) In their rooms.
(b) In the front row with the crowd.
(c) Behind the stage until it is their turn to move.
(d) On the stage near the Worship-object.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Singer and the crowd end the Ruin song?

2. What frightens Kira as the Ruin song resumes after lunch?

3. Who visits Kira in her room after she returns from her exploration of the lower floor of the Edifice?

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

5. Who accompanies Kira to her room after the Ruin song is over?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Kira, Thomas, and Jo treated during the Gathering ceremony?

2. What do the Ruin song and the Singer's robe reveal about the history of Kira's world?

3. What does Kira find suspicious about Jo's situation, and why?

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

5. What is Jamison's role in the attack on Christopher?

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

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

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

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

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

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