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

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

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

4. How does the Ruin song begin?
(a) "Listen, all ye people."
(b) "In the beginning."
(c) "As we all gather."
(d) "Here in this place."

5. What do Thomas and Kira bring with them as they visit Jo in Chapter 16?
(a) Matt and Branch.
(b) Books and toys.
(c) The embroidered scrap of cloth and special piece of carved wood.
(d) Food and warm clothing for the child.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who has Kira not seen during her stay in the Edifice?

3. How did Kira's father end up in the Field of Leaving?

4. What is the atmosphere in the Council Edifice as people gather for the singing of the Ruin song?

5. In Chapter 12, what sound has Thomas heard at night?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does the Gathering ceremony resemble?

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

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

10. Why is Kira's father still alive?

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