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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Fifteen and Chapter Sixteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the girls told not to bother at the academy?
(a) The priest.
(b) Knut.
(c) The stone cutters.
(d) No one.

2. Why does Miri wonder about Britta's motives?
(a) Britta will not speak to the other girls.
(b) Britta fails to read letters.
(c) Britta is always late.
(d) Britta does not keep her cubicle neat.

3. How does Britta manage to get out of working at the quarry?
(a) She acted deaf.
(b) She wants to work at the quarry.
(c) She smashed her finger.
(d) She bribes the administrator.

4. Who is Olana Mansdaughter?
(a) Marda's best friend.
(b) The academy tutor.
(c) A woman Miri's pa might marry.
(d) One of the girls who has to go to the academy.

5. What does Miri worry about after telling the true story of her mother?
(a) Miri will die young like her mother.
(b) Miri will be rejected by the girls.
(c) Miri will not be as good as her mother.
(d) Being a burden on the village.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't lowlanders hear quarry-speech?

2. What does Miri realize about quarry-speech?

3. What subject does Miri spend extra time studying?

4. What does Britta believe about the prince?

5. What do the traders bring each time they come to the village?

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