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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 happened to Joaquim's wife?
(a) She drowned.
(b) He never had a wife.
(c) She died from a summer fever.
(d) She was murdered.

2. Why does Damall not want to let Birle, Yul, and Orien go free just yet in Chapter 20?
(a) He wants to use Birle's cleaning skills.
(b) He wants to ransom Orien.
(c) He wants Birle to heal one of his men.
(d) He is wary and is afraid of being betrayed.

3. What is Yul afraid of when he and Birle go to the marketplace?
(a) Being killed by those who hate him.
(b) Getting separated and lost from her.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Getting sold to someone else.

4. What does Birle warn Orien about when she is finally able to talk with him?
(a) The coming war.
(b) The winter fever.
(c) The cruelty of Corbel.
(d) The plague.

5. What does Damall do for Birle, Yul and Orien after meeting them?
(a) He has their chains and collars removed.
(b) He has them returned to Corbel.
(c) He has them taken to the mines.
(d) He has them caged.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Birle practice in the evenings with Joaquim?

2. How long has it been since the beginning of the novel at the point where Birle and Orien finally are reunited during their time in slavery?

3. As Birle leaves to go find Orien, who does she run into?

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

5. What keeps Birle on the move while working as a slave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Joaquim say to convince Corbel to let Birle continue staying with him, and why does he do it?

2. Birle realizes that Corbel, along with being cruel and greedy, is also clever. How is he clever, especially with the throwing of the feast?

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

4. What is Birle grateful for having known?

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

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

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

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

9. In Chapter 21, once Orien is well, what differences does he say is in Birle's character?

10. Describe Nan and Birle's meeting.

(see the answer keys)

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