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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 do the notices around the city state?
(a) A reminder that Corbel is the ruler.
(b) A warning to slaves not to escape.
(c) A wanted poster for Orien.
(d) A feast to celebrate the Prince's one year of rule.

2. What is Joaquim's goal?
(a) To transmute other metals into gold.
(b) To transmute anything into gold.
(c) To write a book of herbs.
(d) To grow a herb garden.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Orien move about during the escape from the city after Joaquim goes his own way?

3. What does Joaquim announce to Birle near the end of Chapter 18?

4. Where are Birle and Orien headed in Chapter 21?

5. What happens at the end of Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the Lord's sentences seem on Hearing Day?

2. How does Corbel see Birle differently now in Chapter 16?

3. When Orien is injured and Birle rushes to the laboratory, what does she realize?

4. Describe the relationship between Joaquim and Birle in Chapter 19.

5. How does Joaquim use Birle's education in reading and writing, and what does this mean for her?

6. What does Birle understand about Nan?

7. What does Birle come to understand about Gladaegal?

8. What changes occur in Orien and Birle's relationship in Chapter 21 after Birle and Orien have escaped slavery and Orien is now healed?

9. What is decided upon in Chapter 20 of how they will be set free?

10. Describe the relationship that Birle develops with the Earl.

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