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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Lord say that men of his stature bathe in the winter?
(a) By standing in wooden crates.
(b) By standing in wine barrels.
(c) By sitting in metal tins.
(d) By sitting in tubs.

2. What aspect of human nature is exemplified by Birle in this first chapter?
(a) Independence.
(b) Cowardice.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Brute strength.

3. The fact that the man who has stolen the boat has no beard lets Birle realize that he holds what position in society?
(a) A huntsman.
(b) A married man.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A Lord.

4. What is the first thing our main character is said to have seen in the very beginning of the novel?
(a) A man.
(b) A boat.
(c) A shadow.
(d) Nothing. She hears someone.

5. Who is Lyss?
(a) Birle's mother.
(b) Birle's sister.
(c) Birle's stepmother.
(d) Birle's grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Birle suggest so that she does not have to part from the Lord?

2. What is discovered about Birle's engagement to Muir?

3. What does Birle NOT think about as she and the Lord travel down the river?

4. What happens to Birle when she realizes she has been spotted by the thief?

5. Birle knows that the movement she sees at the beginning of the novel is not a man of the village because of what?

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