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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Birle promise the Lord?
(a) To obey all his commands.
(b) To hide if danger arises.
(c) To never fall in love with him.
(d) To leave when he tells her to.

3. The man who rescues Orien and Birle trades what for their rescue?
(a) Their weapons.
(b) Birle's knife.
(c) Their cloaks.
(d) Orien's dagger.

4. What does Birle carry for the Lord as they begin their journey?
(a) The fishing spear.
(b) A walking stick.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A heavy sack.

5. 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 says she will reward him for the return of the boat.
(c) She agrees to marry him.
(d) She agrees to row for him so that he can rest.

6. What relation do Joaquim and Corbel have?
(a) They are father and son.
(b) They are friends.
(c) They are servant and master.
(d) They are brothers.

7. Who else do Birle and the Lord discover is out on the waters with them?
(a) Two fishermen.
(b) Two pirates.
(c) Two sailors.
(d) Two thugs.

8. What is discovered about what is going to happen to Birle and Orien at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) They are going to be sold into slavery.
(b) They are going to be ransomed.
(c) They are going to be sold as servants.
(d) They are going to stay on the ship as servants.

9. What does Birle finally reveal to the Lord?
(a) That her mother was a princess.
(b) That she knows how to fight.
(c) That she can read and write.
(d) That she hates the Earl.

10. What does Birle confess to having done back at the Inn?
(a) Shirking her chores.
(b) Burying her grandparent's treasure.
(c) Being with a man before marriage.
(d) Running away as a child.

11. What is the true treasure that Birle's grandparents give her?
(a) A large inheritance.
(b) Reading and writing.
(c) A map leading to the Lord's hidden treasure.
(d) A heavy dowry.

12. What item has Orien lost, which was proof of his true identity?
(a) The royal seal.
(b) The map with his father's name.
(c) The signet ring.
(d) The family crest of arms.

13. 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 married man.
(b) A Lord.
(c) A huntsman.
(d) A farmer.

14. How does Birle feel at the thought of marrying Muir?
(a) Ecstatic.
(b) Heartbroken.
(c) Nonchalant.
(d) Confused.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only person still wearing the shackles at the beginning of Chapter 11?

2. How does the Lord say that men of his stature bathe in the winter?

3. What does the Lord think is the truth about his father's death?

4. What does Birle suggest the Lord do so as to increase her time spent with him once they reach the island?

5. How do the people of the village bathe in the winter, according to Birle?

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