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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Matty wake Kira after she's urged him to go on alone?
(a) To tell her that he'll stay with her.
(b) To use her gift to find Leader.
(c) To ask for her forgiveness.
(d) To make her go on with him.

2. What does Kira wrap her feet in before heading out the second day?
(a) Leaves from healing herbs.
(b) Strips from her petticoat.
(c) Strips of bark from a tree.
(d) Nothing.

3. What are Matty's arms like by the second afternoon?
(a) Hot.
(b) Swollen.
(c) All the above.
(d) Festering.

4. What prompts the profound sadness Matty feels?
(a) All the above.
(b) The fact that Kira is so weak.
(c) The fact that Village is no longer a happy place.
(d) The fact that Frolic is nearly dead.

5. What can Leader see is ahead for Matty and Kira?
(a) Stagnant water.
(b) Greater difficulties.
(c) An easier path.
(d) A lack of food.

6. What does Matty eat for breakfast as they prepare to leave for Village?
(a) A sweet muffin.
(b) Eggs and toast.
(c) Bread and soup.
(d) Tea and a cake.

7. What does Kira say when Matty asks if she's seen Leader?
(a) She says that she's only felt him.
(b) She says she's seen him in Village.
(c) She says she's seen him in Forest.
(d) She says she believes he's in danger.

8. What is it that Matty thinks about Kira's leg just before he falls asleep?
(a) That she's not going to be welcomed at Village.
(b) That it's going to slow down their trip through Forest.
(c) That she's very brave for working through the disability.
(d) That he can fix it.

9. What does Matty think about in an effort to distract himself from the discomfort?
(a) Himself as a boy.
(b) His brother.
(c) Frolic.
(d) Jean.

10. What happens to Matty when he tries to raise himself to see Kira's work?
(a) He realizes he can no longer see.
(b) Kira pushes him away.
(c) He faints.
(d) His nose begins to bleed.

11. What does Jean offer Seer for his daughter?
(a) Recipes.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Companionship.
(d) Flower seeds .

12. Why does Matty say that returning to Kira's village is not really an option?
(a) Seer is waiting for them.
(b) He can't pass again through the vines.
(c) Leader is waiting for them.
(d) They wouldn't be welcomed.

13. What is the feeling Matty gets from Forest?
(a) Only quiet.
(b) Hostility.
(c) New growth.
(d) Excitement.

14. What is said about Frolic's body while Kira is working on her tapestry?
(a) It's hot.
(b) It's cold.
(c) It's limp.
(d) It's stiff.

15. What is Jean doing as Matty's power is unleashed on the earth?
(a) Cleaning the schoolhouse.
(b) Cooking bread.
(c) Working in her garden.
(d) Talking to Seer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes the messages out by the river?

2. What happens to Leader as Matty's power is unleashed on the earth?

3. What does Matty note about Kira's eyes when she's working on the tapestry?

4. How does Kira know that Matty is going to ask her to leave with him?

5. What does Kira say about her sight after Leader has entered Forest?

(see the answer keys)

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