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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the first thing our main character is said to have seen in the very beginning of the novel?
(a) Nothing. She hears someone.
(b) A shadow.
(c) A man.
(d) A boat.

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

5. 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 carry a light.
(b) Men of the village make no noise.
(c) Men of the village always walk in pairs.
(d) Men of the village are shorter.

6. Why does the Lord agree to take Birle with him on his journey?
(a) He realizes he can use her to pretend to be his wife in certain situations.
(b) He has fallen in love with her and secretly wishes to marry her.
(c) He needs someone to get food and cook for him as he travels.
(d) He likes to rescue damsels in distress.

7. What do Birle and the Lord do to keep themselves distracted while stranded on the rock?
(a) Talk about life in general.
(b) Discuss the ways to rule a kingdom.
(c) Sit closer together to stay warm.
(d) Talk about their families.

8. Where do Birle and the Lord decide to spend the rest of the night in Chapter 5?
(a) On the docks.
(b) On shore.
(c) Back at the village.
(d) In the boat.

9. 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 trips and lets out a yelp.
(d) She falls into the river making a splash.

10. What mythological creature does the Earl use as an example in the discussion that he and Birle have about doubt?
(a) Phoenixes.
(b) Dragons.
(c) Nymphs.
(d) Mermaids.

11. When Birle begins to fear for their lives, what does the Lord promise to do?
(a) Kill her before she is kidnapped by men.
(b) Return her to her home safely.
(c) Keep her safe.
(d) Marry her.

12. On the first evening, what does Birle attempt to request of the Lord?
(a) Permission to speak freely.
(b) Permission to catch a rabbit for a meal.
(c) Permission to leave him and go back home.
(d) Permission to step aside and bathe.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Birle end up doing as she and the Lord are hiding under their cloaks on the boat?

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

3. What happens to Birle when she realizes she has been spotted by the thief?

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

5. How does Orien say he feels towards his father for his actions?

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