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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What alerts the mysterious figure to Birle's presence?
(a) She steps on wooden planks which make noise.
(b) She trips and lets out a yelp.
(c) She calls out to the figure.
(d) She falls into the river making a splash.

2. What is the only name by which Birle says she knows of her mother's father?
(a) Jack.
(b) Jackaroo.
(c) Jacko.
(d) Jacksonroo.

3. What about the strange man captures Birle once he awakens in the morning?
(a) His bellflower blue eyes.
(b) His straight nose.
(c) His tousled dark hair.
(d) The wink he sends her.

4. What is the law for second marriages for commoners?
(a) It is allowed with some restrictions.
(b) It is not allowed but Nan was an exception.
(c) It is allowed once the first wife has been dead five years.
(d) It is not allowed.

5. Why does the thief decide to keep Birle on board the boat and listen to her?
(a) She agrees to row for him so that he can rest.
(b) She agrees to marry him.
(c) She convinces him that she knows the area and without her, he will be lost.
(d) She says she will reward him for the return of the boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the Lord agree to take Birle with him on his journey?

2. Who tells Birle, "There might be people living up there, in the stars, think you"?

3. What do the people of the village and the Inn fear?

4. What does Birle offer the Lord as a gift?

5. What is the first "treasure" that Birle's grandparents showed her?

(see the answer key)

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