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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are there two hands nailed to a board?
(a) Because two men stole money.
(b) Because two slaves tried to escape.
(c) Because two men died defending Corbel.
(d) Because two men cheated Corbel.

2. How long has it been since the beginning of the novel at the point where Birle and Orien finally are reunited during their time in slavery?
(a) Six months.
(b) A year.
(c) Two years.
(d) A few weeks.

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

4. As Birle leaves to go find Orien, who does she run into?
(a) The Little Mistress.
(b) Guards.
(c) Corbel.
(d) Joaquim.

5. What happens at the end of Chapter 19?
(a) A figure jumps out and threatens to kill Birle.
(b) Corbel finds them and threatens to kill them.
(c) The army of men have found them.
(d) Orien dies.

6. What does Birle do to keep her mind distracted from Orien?
(a) Read.
(b) Work.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Write.

7. What does Joaquim tell Birle to hope for?
(a) Orien escaping the mines.
(b) Corbel purchasing Orien.
(c) Orien's quick death.
(d) Orien being re-sold elsewhere.

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

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

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

11. How does Orien's brother greet him?
(a) Joyously.
(b) Nonchalantly.
(c) Angerly.
(d) Enviously.

12. Who is the woman who sits with the Earl in his room?
(a) Orien's grandmother.
(b) Orien's sister.
(c) Orien's mother.
(d) Orien's aunt.

13. Where are Birle and Orien headed in Chapter 21?
(a) To the rock.
(b) To the port city.
(c) Far away.
(d) To the Kingdom.

14. What does Birle name her daughter?
(a) Moll.
(b) Lyss.
(c) Nan.
(d) Yula.

15. What is Yul afraid of when he and Birle go to the marketplace?
(a) Getting separated and lost from her.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Being killed by those who hate him.
(d) Getting sold to someone else.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises Orien about Hearing Day?

2. If people in the Kingdom asked, what was Birle and Orien's cover story for Orien?

3. What blocks the path of Birle, Yul, and Orien as they are escaping the city?

4. What does Birle realize after seeing Orien disappear after he sees her?

5. What can Nan tell about Birle without her saying anything?

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