5. What does Birle hope to accomplish at the marketplace in Chapter 13?
(a) Purchasing bread.
(b) Seeing Orien.
(c) Finding another master.
(d) Escaping.

6. Who is inside the bundle of dirty clothes that Yul leans against the wall?
(a) Orien.
(b) The boy.
(c) Joaquim.
(d) The Little Mistress.

7. What does Damall suggest as a deal to Birle in Chapter 20?
(a) He keeps Yul while Birle and Orien go free.
(b) He keeps Orien while Yul and Birle go free.
(c) He keeps Birle while Yul and Orien go free.
(d) He keeps Orien and Yul and Birle goes free.

8. Why does Joaquim save Birle from being taken by Corbel?
(a) To protect her.
(b) He cares for her like a daughter.
(c) He is in love with her.
(d) She is useful to him.

9. What does Birle discover has happened to Orien when she reaches his place?
(a) He has already been taken to the mines.
(b) His master took him into the army with him.
(c) He is sick with fever.
(d) He has already runaway on his own.

10. Where has Corbel gone for the summer?
(a) To search for pirates.
(b) Into the service of a prince.
(c) To the Kingdom.
(d) On vacation.

11. What do the nailed hands represent?
(a) The king's power.
(b) Ker and Torson's slave trade.
(c) Corbel's power.
(d) The injustice of slavery.

12. Why does Damall not want to let Birle, Yul, and Orien go free just yet in Chapter 20?
(a) He wants to use Birle's cleaning skills.
(b) He wants to ransom Orien.
(c) He wants Birle to heal one of his men.
(d) He is wary and is afraid of being betrayed.

13. What does Birle warn Orien about when she is finally able to talk with him?
(a) The winter fever.
(b) The coming war.
(c) The cruelty of Corbel.
(d) The plague.

14. Where does Birle think she and Orien will be the safest as Orien heals?
(a) By the shore.
(b) Back at the rocks.
(c) At the village they pass.
(d) Deep into the forest.

15. How does Orien move about during the escape from the city after Joaquim goes his own way?
(a) On crutches.
(b) With a cane.
(c) He is paralyzed.
(d) Yul carries him.