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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question from Birle turns the Lord reticent for two days?
(a) "Can a Lord marry again, under the law?"
(b) "Do you never think that it is the man should bring a dowry to the woman?"
(c) "Do you go south, then, to know if there are dragons?"
(d) "Why did you run away, my Lord?"

2. What causes the Lord to feel embarrassed in Chapter 3?
(a) When he does not know how to cook the fish but Birle does .
(b) When he asks Birle where she is going and her response is that she is going to relieve herself.
(c) When he is unable to light a fire with his tinderbox yet Birle manages it easily.
(d) When he attempts to catch some fish but is unable while Birle catches many.

3. What happened to the one woman that Orien loved?
(a) She died before they could wed.
(b) His father stole her away and left the country.
(c) His brother married her instead.
(d) His father, the Earl, married her instead.

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

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) The strange man's weak stature.
(c) Her blood.
(d) Her father's advice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Birle promise the Lord?

2. What does Birle conclude that the mysterious figure is after he spots her?

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

4. What types of people has Birle heard tales about since childhood, which might speculate as to who this mysterious figure might be?

5. What does Birle grow accustomed to doing as she and Orien talk?

(see the answer key)

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