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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Birle carry for the Lord as they begin their journey?
(a) A heavy sack.
(b) A walking stick.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The fishing spear.

2. What is discovered about what is going to happen to Birle and Orien at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) They are going to be ransomed.
(b) They are going to be sold as servants.
(c) They are going to stay on the ship as servants.
(d) They are going to be sold into slavery.

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

4. What does Birle confess to having done back at the Inn?
(a) Shirking her chores.
(b) Being with a man before marriage.
(c) Running away as a child.
(d) Burying her grandparent's treasure.

5. How does Orien say he feels towards his father for his actions?
(a) Understanding and no hatred.
(b) Understanding yet hatred.
(c) Pure blame and hatred.
(d) Pure blame yet no hatred.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Birle, "There might be people living up there, in the stars, think you"?

2. What is the true treasure that Birle's grandparents give her?

3. What is discovered about Birle's engagement to Muir?

4. Where do Birle and the Lord decide to spend the rest of the night in Chapter 5?

5. What does Birle offer the Lord as a gift?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Corbel's initial appearance and his character.

2. What tactics does Birle use in attempts to draw out her time spent with the Lord?

3. Joaquim and Corbel are brothers, yet they are vastly different. Briefly describe their differences and mention why Corbel keeps Joaquim around.

4. Describe the encounter between the dog, the Lord, and Birle. What about Birle's character is expressed through her actions?

5. What information do we finally learn about the Lord in Chapter 7? Why did he not reveal his identity sooner?

6. What do Ker and Torson say when Orien tells them of his heritage, and where he and Birle are from?

7. What new information do we find out about Birle's family and life in Chapter 7?

8. Why did Birle used to shirk from her inn duties?

9. What leads Birle to suspect that perhaps the Lord might have committed a wrongdoing against another Lord?

10. What do the stranger and Birle discover about each other now that there is light, and how is it different from their initial impressions?

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