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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 call out her name.
(b) To go back home.
(c) To look for her.
(d) To stand still.

2. During what season are Birle and Orien currently traveling in Chapter 21?
(a) Summer.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

3. What does Birle tell Yul to do if he is mistreated?
(a) Crush Damall's head.
(b) Stomp on Damall.
(c) Run away.
(d) Refuse to eat.

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

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

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

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

8. Why is the Earl (Orien's grandfather) initially impatient with Birle?
(a) Because she is low-born.
(b) Because she does not understand what it means to be a Lady.
(c) Because she does not speak to him.
(d) Because she has a village accent.

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

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

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

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

13. Who is revealed to have murdered Orien's father?
(a) Gladaegal.
(b) The Earl.
(c) Gladaegal's wife.
(d) A huntsman seeking revenge.

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

15. What does Birle convince Joaquim to do at the beginning of Chapter 19?
(a) Free all the slaves.
(b) Not leave.
(c) Give her more money.
(d) Take the slaves with him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Corbel's absence an advantage to Joaquim?

2. What does Joaquim tell Birle to hope for?

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

4. What does Birle request of the Earl and his Lady near the end of Chapter 23?

5. What do the nailed hands represent?

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