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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Near the end of Chapter 2, what are Birle's feelings towards her intended?
(a) She just wants to leave the Inn.
(b) She does not care either way.
(c) She cannot wait to wed him.
(d) She has no desire to wed him.

2. What is Da's reason for protesting against Birle's engagement to Muir?
(a) Birle is too young.
(b) Muir is too low-born for Birle.
(c) Muir is too young.
(d) Birle and Muir's social statuses do not match.

3. Who tells Birle, "There might be people living up there, in the stars, think you"?
(a) Nan.
(b) Granda.
(c) Da.
(d) The man.

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

5. What allows Birle to feel that the thief is no threat to her?
(a) The fact that the man is asleep while she is awake.
(b) Her father's advice.
(c) The strange man's weak stature.
(d) Her blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the law for second marriages for Lords?

2. What is the law for second marriages for commoners?

3. Who is Lyss?

4. What aspect of human nature is exemplified by Birle in this first chapter?

5. What does the Lord call Birle every so often?

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