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

2. Who does Joaquim say has fled the city after Corbel's marriage?
(a) The priests.
(b) Orien.
(c) The guildsmen.
(d) Corbel's soldiers.

3. What keeps Birle on the move while working as a slave?
(a) Fear.
(b) Money.
(c) Love.
(d) Beatings.

4. What do the nailed hands represent?
(a) The injustice of slavery.
(b) Ker and Torson's slave trade.
(c) The king's power.
(d) Corbel's power.

5. What were Nan and Da planning to do with Birle before her wedding to Muir?
(a) Tie her to the bed and tell Muir she only had days to live.
(b) Force her to leave the country.
(c) Take her away to another village until Muir gave up.
(d) Tie her to the bed and tell Muir she had a spotted fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Birle and Joaquim plan to leave the city?

2. What day is nearing at the beginning of Chapter 22?

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

4. How does Orien's brother greet him?

5. What is Yul afraid of when he and Birle go to the marketplace?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Birle grateful for having known?

3. Describe Birle's work as a slave for Joaquim and what drives her to work so hard.

4. What does Birle decide at the end of Chapter 19?

5. Who is Lady Fortune and what does Joaquim say about her?

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

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

8. What does Birle come to understand about Gladaegal?

9. How is Birle's life now in Chapter 15, living with Joaquim?

10. Describe Nan and Birle's meeting.

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