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

2. What does Miri want to tell the village?
(a) About her experience with learning poise.
(b) About how mean Olana is.
(c) About the possibility of winning a cottage.
(d) About what she's learned about commerce.

3. What does Miri present to Olana?
(a) The girls' demands.
(b) An idea about a permanent academy.
(c) The present the girls bought from the traders.
(d) Nothing.

4. With what animal does Miri experiment?
(a) Cat.
(b) Horse.
(c) Dog.
(d) Rat.

5. Why are the soldiers dismissed?
(a) So the girls do not feel like prisoners.
(b) They have been flirting too much with the girls.
(c) There haven't been any soldiers.
(d) They are needed back at the palace.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Britta manage to get out of working at the quarry?

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

3. What does Miri discover about Britta?

4. What does Miri receive for her fifteenth birthday?

5. What does Miri realize about quarry-speech?

(see the answer key)

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