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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Birle tell Yul to do if they get parted at the marketplace?
(a) To look for her.
(b) To go back home.
(c) To call out her name.
(d) To stand still.

2. What does Joaquim announce to Birle near the end of Chapter 18?
(a) That he is leaving the city.
(b) That he intends to marry her.
(c) That he is really Corbel's father.
(d) That he has finally achieved alchemy.

3. Why does Corbel get angry with Birle?
(a) Because Joaquim's labratory is dirty.
(b) Because she distracts the soldiers.
(c) Because she cannot understand Yul.
(d) Because she is dirty.

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

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

6. Who is the first person of Birle's family to spot her after her return home?
(a) Reid.
(b) Da.
(c) Nan.
(d) Moll.

7. What is Joaquim's goal?
(a) To transmute anything into gold.
(b) To grow a herb garden.
(c) To transmute other metals into gold.
(d) To write a book of herbs.

8. What day is nearing at the beginning of Chapter 22?
(a) Christmas.
(b) The Earl's birthday.
(c) Harvest Day.
(d) Hearing Day.

9. How is Corbel's absence an advantage to Joaquim?
(a) He can leave the house.
(b) He can relax.
(c) He can work on his herb book.
(d) He can be kinder to Birle and Yul.

10. Who does Joaquim say has fled the city after Corbel's marriage?
(a) The guildsmen.
(b) Corbel's soldiers.
(c) Orien.
(d) The priests.

11. If someone asked Birle who she was, what would she be most likely to answer in Chapter 22?
(a) The Philosopher's maid.
(b) Orien's Lady.
(c) Yul's friend.
(d) An Innkeeper's Daughter.

12. What can Nan tell about Birle without her saying anything?
(a) That Birle broke her own heart.
(b) That Birle is in love.
(c) That Birle is married.
(d) That Birle is pregnant.

13. Who does Birle learn that the hands belong to?
(a) Orien and his master.
(b) Ker and Torson.
(c) The boy.
(d) Corbel's soldiers.

14. What does Joaquim tell Birle will happen eventually in the city because of Corbel's marriage?
(a) A birth.
(b) A wedding.
(c) A war.
(d) A civil battle.

15. What is another thing the Earl reveals to Birle in Chapter 23?
(a) He does not think she and Orien suit one another.
(b) He is her real grandfather.
(c) He is the one who taught her grandparents to read and write.
(d) He saw her as a baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Birle hope to accomplish at the marketplace in Chapter 13?

2. What happens at the end of Chapter 19?

3. Who is Damall?

4. What saves Birle from Corbel's fate?

5. Who is the woman who sits with the Earl in his room?

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