2. How does Polo describe the city of Olinda?
(a) Lonely, lovely, and lost.
(b) Like trees, it grows in concentric circles.
(c) Longing for a renewed version of itself.
(d) Like the billowing clouds of summer.

3. What is at the center of Moriana?
(a) Nothing--the city only has front and back sides.
(b) It is hard to tell--there is too much smoke everywhere.
(c) A strange contraption that controls the thoughts of its residents.
(d) An enormous hole plunging into the depths of the earth.

4. What items from his travels does Polo spread at the feet of Khan in Chapter 8?
(a) A wooden box, a book, and a locket.
(b) A violin, a silk jacket, a bowl, and a feather.
(c) A helmet, a seashell, a coconut, and a fan.
(d) A spear, a chess set, and a hat.

5. As he travels through Adelma, what does Polo wonder?
(a) Why there are more men than women there.
(b) If he resembles someone who is already dead to the people there.
(c) Where all the children have gone to.
(d) If those he encounters are real people or ghosts.

6. Why does Khan question Polo's motives for travel?
(a) He stops trusting Polo.
(b) He hears the longing in Polo's voice.
(c) He no longer wants to fund Polo's travels.
(d) Polo is a complete mystery to him.

7. What is the furthest city to which Polo has ever traveled?
(a) Adelma.
(b) Eudoxia.
(c) Pyrrha.
(d) Phyllis.

8. What is Esmeralda layered with?
(a) Flower-covered windowsills and green rooftops.
(b) Terraces and rice fields.
(c) Stairs, landings, and bridges.
(d) Sturdy canvas covers of many colors.

9. Why does Khan wonder when Polo actually has time to travel to far-off cities?
(a) Polo is too busy with his job of head counselor.
(b) Polo is too busy writing down his travel accounts.
(c) He frequently spots Polo entertaining friends in Khan's city.
(d) It appears Polo has never moved from Khan's garden.

10. After the people of Ersilia move and the city is in ruins, what are left?
(a) Chains.
(b) Whispers.
(c) Webs.
(d) Memories.

11. Polo lays assorted items at the feet of Khan and uses them for what?
(a) To pay for some of his travels.
(b) To teach him the basics of trade.
(c) To impress the emperor with gifts from afar.
(d) To explain the conditions of the empire.

12. The houses in Argia are filled with what?
(a) Tea pots.
(b) Gold.
(c) Lizards.
(d) Clay.

13. What types of objects are found in Clarice's museums?
(a) Paintings of everything that has ever existed in the city.
(b) Nothing--the museums are empty.
(c) Random artifacts, such as baskets and urns.
(d) Only things of unsurpassed beauty.

14. What is Octavia known as?
(a) The land of lost dreams.
(b) Home of the forgotten children.
(c) The spider-web city.
(d) The city of mist.

15. What does Polo say that Pyrrha represents for him?
(a) All the cities he's never seen.
(b) The picture of his childhood dreams.
(c) The ultimate in decadence.
(d) The perfect city.