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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 offer the Lord as a gift?
(a) Her mother's necklace.
(b) Her grandparent's map.
(c) The Inn's boat.
(d) Her father's spear.

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

3. What story does Birle tell the Lord?
(a) The story about her grandmother and mother.
(b) The story about Da's childhood.
(c) The story of her grandparent's treasure.
(d) The story of her growing up with brothers.

4. About whom do Birle and Orien tell stories, all with different plots?
(a) Jackaroo.
(b) The King.
(c) King Midas.
(d) The Earl.

5. What does Birle NOT think about as she and the Lord travel down the river?
(a) The end of the journey and the parting.
(b) Her grandparents.
(c) The life of an Innkeeper's daughter.
(d) Her Da, brothers, and Nan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Soon after they begin walking, what do Birle and the Lord find?

2. How does Orien say he feels towards his father for his actions?

3. What happens to Birle when she realizes she has been spotted by the thief?

4. What mythological creature does the Earl use as an example in the discussion that he and Birle have about doubt?

5. To whom is Orien sold?

Short Essay Questions

1. For a young girl and an Innkeeper's daughter, Birle displays a very independent nature. Give a few examples of how she displays this in Chapter 1.

2. Briefly describe what happened with the woman Orien loved.

3. Near the end of Chapter 5, the Lord is very sorrowful and then complains about having to sleep in a boat. Briefly describe just what he says and what his words tell us about his character.

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

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

6. In what ways does Birle demonstrate her independence and usefulness to the reader and Orien in Chapter 3?

7. Up until Chapter 6, Birle has more or less played the man's role in catching fish, rowing the boat, and even saving the Lord by slitting a dog's throat. But in this chapter, how does the Lord finally portray traits that are deemed "manly" by society?

8. Name a few differences in lifestyle between Birle and Orien that they mention.

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

10. Why does Birle agree to marry Muir, and how does she feel about the wedding near the end of Chapter 2?

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