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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the hidden side of Moriana look like?
(a) A wasteland of jagged rocks and tortured souls.
(b) An expanse of rusting sheet metal and pipes black with soot.
(c) A golden altar to the gods of light and darkness.
(d) A giant warehouse filled with travelers' broken dreams.

2. In Chapter 8, Khan is on the verge of:
(a) Appointing a new emperor.
(b) Growing impatient with Polo and his stories.
(c) Understanding the rise and fall of a city.
(d) A nervous breakdown.

3. Most inhabitants of Eudoxia believe that the pattern of its carpet is:
(a) Of divine origin.
(b) Hopelessly baffling.
(c) Impossible to reproduce.
(d) Unparalleled in its complexity.

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

5. Worried about his own empire, Khan begins to dream of cities that are:
(a) Just starting to grow.
(b) Indestructible.
(c) Light as feathers and transparent.
(d) Protected by solid stone walls.

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

7. In Clarice, people take parts of the old city and use them in different ways for what?
(a) Decorating their homes and gardens.
(b) Creating tools for growing crops and hunting.
(c) Building musical instruments.
(d) Building the new city.

8. When Polo lands at the furthest city to which he's ever traveled, he arrives when?
(a) During the hour of the wholesale fish market.
(b) In the middle of the city's festival of light.
(c) At the start of the harvest.
(d) At the solstice.

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

10. The strings of Ersilia come in different colors. What do these colors represent?
(a) Time.
(b) Relationships.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Victories.

11. Who are the Penates and the Lares?
(a) The two species that protect the people of Leandra.
(b) The two main tribes of Ersilia.
(c) The guardians of Baucis.
(d) The ancestors of Melania's inhabitants.

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

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

14. What happens to the city of Irene as one approaches it?
(a) It spins.
(b) It vanishes.
(c) It floats away.
(d) It changes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 5, as Khan sits in his palace visualizing the growth of his empire, what does he see?

2. What does Polo describe Eusapia as?

3. The people of Baucis have:

4. Leandra is protected by two species, both of which are:

5. When families in Leandra move in to new houses, who follows them?

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