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

4. When the Lord begins talking about unjust Lords, what does Birle begin to suspect?
(a) That the Lord might have committed treason against another.
(b) That the Lord might be the Earl's son.
(c) That the Lord might be the Earl himself.
(d) That the Lord might not really be a Lord but a Lord's servant.

5. What does Birle NOT think about as she and the Lord travel down the river?
(a) The life of an Innkeeper's daughter.
(b) The end of the journey and the parting.
(c) Her Da, brothers, and Nan.
(d) Her grandparents.

6. When Birle awakens from sleeping on the boat in Chapter 6, what is she met with?
(a) Fog.
(b) Rain.
(c) Being kidnapped.
(d) The disappearance of the Lord.

7. Soon after they begin walking, what do Birle and the Lord find?
(a) A group of men cooking food.
(b) A band of gypsies.
(c) The king's army.
(d) Birle's Da and brothers.

8. Who does Orien wave his arms towards from his location on the rock?
(a) A boat he sees in the distance.
(b) Hallucinations.
(c) No one. He was stretching but Birle thought he was waving.
(d) Birle.

9. Who else does the older man buy?
(a) Yul.
(b) Orien.
(c) The boy.
(d) Corbel.

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

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

12. How do the brothers take the news of Orien being an Earl and the idea of the Kingdom?
(a) They ignore him.
(b) They believe him and agree to set him free.
(c) They mock him and the Kingdom.
(d) They believe him and realize they can hold him for a large ransom.

13. When Birle finally awakens on the ship after being rescued from the rock, what does she discover?
(a) She is in the captain's cabin.
(b) She is still on the rock and the rescue was a dream.
(c) Her feet are chained.
(d) Her entire body is chained.

14. What do the people of the village and the Inn fear?
(a) Muir.
(b) The man.
(c) Birle.
(d) Strangeness.

15. What does the Lord call Birle every so often?
(a) Inndaughter.
(b) Little One.
(c) Falcon's Child.
(d) Innkeeper's Daughter.