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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 didn't Arthur tell anyone about?
(a) The Redbird.
(b) Alvin being a Maker.
(c) All of these.
(d) Alvin's knackery while he did the well.

2. Why didn't Peggy look into the heartfires of the townsfolk?
(a) She is no longer responsible for their futures.
(b) All of these.
(c) She no longer noticed the heartfires of the people around her and never looked deep.
(d) She had meddled enough in the hearts of those around her.

3. What errand was Alvin on for Makepeace?
(a) Getting some raw materials.
(b) Both of these.
(c) Dropping off ordered ironwork.
(d) Neither of these.

4. Which of the men didn't want Arthur in the school?
(a) Whitley.
(b) Alvin.
(c) Horace
(d) Pauley.

5. What does Alvin say to the river rats in order to get them to put away their knives?
(a) "Some big men you are, bringing knives out on an unarmed man!"
(b) "You really think those are going to harm a blacksmith?"
(c) None of these.
(d) "You afraid to face a blacksmith with bare hands?"

Short Answer Questions

1. What thing didn't Alvin dream of?

2. What did Makepeace say in regards to the work Alvin did on the manacles?

3. What kind of birds' nests were in the Hatrack bridge eaves?

4. Who steps up against Alvin?

5. What was the alternative to the manacles?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Alvin feel about women after witnessing the relationships of the Smiths and Guesters?

2. Why was Old Peg Guester so upset that Arthur Stuart couldn't be taught at the schoolhouse?

3. For what reasons did Alvin make the manacles, and why didn't he put them in water to cool?

4. What might Peggy have said if she had gotten a chance, before her mama died?

5. Why is it that Miss Larner can't teach Alvin to be a Maker directly?

6. Why was Mistress Modesty so upset?

7. Why didn't Alvin have any particular like for the two boys in Pieter's General Store?

8. How does Old Peg feel initially about the teacher?

9. Why didn't Alvin want to take away Mike Fink's protective hex? Why did he have to?

10. Why did Alvin figure Mock Berry didn't thank him for getting him a fair price?

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