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

2. What does Birle grow accustomed to doing as she and Orien talk?
(a) Curling up in a ball and drawing her cloak around her for warmth.
(b) Speaking without thought and forgetting he is a Lord.
(c) Wringing the water out of her clothing.
(d) Staring into Orien's eyes then looking away and talking.

3. What mythological creature does the Earl use as an example in the discussion that he and Birle have about doubt?
(a) Dragons.
(b) Nymphs.
(c) Mermaids.
(d) Phoenixes.

4. Soon after they begin walking, what do Birle and the Lord find?
(a) The king's army.
(b) Birle's Da and brothers.
(c) A band of gypsies.
(d) A group of men cooking food.

5. How does Birle distract the Lord when he says he will take her back to the village?
(a) She offers to spear a fish.
(b) She offers him a meal at the Inn.
(c) She offers to help him steal the boat.
(d) She offers him the map from her grandparents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Birle conclude that the mysterious figure is after he spots her?

2. Who is Birle's master?

3. On the first evening, what does Birle attempt to request of the Lord?

4. Why does the thief decide to keep Birle on board the boat and listen to her?

5. What question from Birle turns the Lord reticent for two days?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the "treasures" Birle's grandparents bestow upon her and why are they so important?

2. Chapter 2 discusses a brief family background of Birle's. Who is Granda, Gran, Lyss, Da, and Nan and how are they related to Birle?

3. What does the name Corbel seem to stand for, who uses it, and why?

4. What do the Lord and Birle discuss about second marriages and second wives?

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

6. 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?

7. What are some speculations Birle makes about why the Lord is running away from home?

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

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

10. In the beginning of Chapter 2, the mysterious man is asleep while Birle lies awake, yet she is unafraid. What makes her not fear this man?

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