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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the people of Isaura find water?
(a) Atop the highest mountain.
(b) Wherever they dig.
(c) In the city's aqueducts and reservoirs.
(d) From dew that forms on plants.

2. How does Polo describe the people of Chloe?
(a) Everyone here is a teacher of some type.
(b) They are most welcoming to newcomers.
(c) They are strangers to each other.
(d) Great warriors train here.

3. When Polo first communicates with Khan, the emperor is able to:
(a) Comprehend his unusual accent.
(b) Understand everything completely.
(c) Decipher his signs.
(d) Look interested despite being bored.

4. Where is the city of Valdrada built?
(a) On the top of a mesa.
(b) At the edge of a dense forest.
(c) In a fertile valley.
(d) On the shores of a lake.

5. Moving southward for three days from the city of Zaira, what city would one encounter?
(a) Dorothea.
(b) Zora.
(c) Anastasia.
(d) Tamara.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Polo in Hypatia that, "signs form a language, but not the one you know."

2. At times, Polo and Khan sit quietly to:

3. Polo explains that the city Khan dreams of with the farewells from its harbor has one secret. What is it?

4. Which city is said to be between two deserts, one of sand and one of water?

5. When Polo speaks of a city, he speaks:

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