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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is discovered about Birle's engagement to Muir?
(a) Granda and Gran arranged it.
(b) Birle is the one who accepted the proposal on her own.
(c) Birle is vehemently against it.
(d) Nan and Da forced her into it.

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

3. What does Birle conclude that the mysterious figure is after he spots her?
(a) A robber.
(b) A huntsman.
(c) A runaway servant.
(d) A thief.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Birle know that the mysterious figure is not a robber?

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

3. What is the first thing our main character is said to have seen in the very beginning of the novel?

4. What mythological creature does the Earl use as an example in the discussion that he and Birle have about doubt?

5. What mistake does Birle make when the Lord pulls out his map?

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