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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Nine and Chapter Ten.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't lowlanders hear quarry-speech?
(a) They do not have the genetic traits.
(b) They can hear quarry-speech..
(c) They do not have quarry dust in their blood.
(d) They do not have enough shared memories.

2. What is the village's only natural resource?
(a) Pine sap.
(b) Cobalt.
(c) Linder.
(d) Clay.

3. What have priests determined about Mount Eskel?
(a) The prince's bride will come from there.
(b) That it is in danger of a plague.
(c) It is in danger from a possible volcanic eruption.
(d) It is the site of the first landing of their peoples.

4. What subject can Miri not seem to master?
(a) Finance.
(b) Agriculture.
(c) Commerce.
(d) Lineage.

5. Where is Enrik's home?
(a) In the Linder forest.
(b) The lowlands.
(c) Up in the mountains.
(d) A village on the ocean.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Miri plan to go to the Linder mines at the opening to the book?

3. What does Miri want to tell the village?

4. Who is the only one able to read out loud one day in the classroom?

5. What does Pa try to prevent soldiers from doing?

(see the answer key)

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