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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Lord finally reveal to Birle as they are talking during the period of being stranded?
(a) That he is Orien, the next in line to be Earl.
(b) That he is Orien, the Earl's brother.
(c) That he is Orien, the second in line to be Earl.
(d) That he is Orien, the new Earl.

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

4. What does Birle suggest so that she does not have to part from the Lord?
(a) She says she will travel with him as his wife.
(b) She says she will travel with him as his brother.
(c) She says she will travel with him as his sister.
(d) She says she will travel with him as a servant.

5. What does Orien do to mark their presence where he and Birle are stranded?
(a) Scratches their names into the bark of a tree.
(b) Ties pieces of their cloaks to a tree.
(c) Scratches their names into a rock.
(d) Scratches their names into pieces of wood left from the boat.

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

7. To whom is Orien sold?
(a) The middling man.
(b) The older man.
(c) The mines.
(d) Two craftsmen.

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

9. 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 is unable to light a fire with his tinderbox yet Birle manages it easily.
(c) When he asks Birle where she is going and her response is that she is going to relieve herself.
(d) When he attempts to catch some fish but is unable while Birle catches many.

10. What does the Lord tell Birle about the life of a wife of a huntsman?
(a) They live a life of luxury yet cheat on their husbands.
(b) They become fine ladies and are always happy.
(c) They become drunks yet life a life of luxury.
(d) They become drunks and cheat on their husbands.

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

12. Why do Birle and the Lord decide to both row?
(a) Because Birle is tired of rowing alone.
(b) To stay warm.
(c) Because the Lord is tired of rowing alone.
(d) For exercise.

13. Birle knows that the movement she sees at the beginning of the novel is not a man of the village because of what?
(a) Men of the village make no noise.
(b) Men of the village always walk in pairs.
(c) Men of the village are shorter.
(d) Men of the village carry a light.

14. Who is the only person still wearing the shackles at the beginning of Chapter 11?
(a) Birle.
(b) Orien.
(c) The boy.
(d) Yul.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Birle's mother?

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

3. What article of clothing does Birle use in hopes of the rain soaking it?

4. What question from Birle turns the Lord reticent for two days?

5. Who tries to buy Birle first?

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