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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eleven and Chapter Twelve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Peder say mining linder is like?
(a) Singing along with the mountain.
(b) Like nothing else exists.
(c) Being inside a dark abyss.
(d) Like flowing in a white light of particles.

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

3. What does Miri attempt to read one day?
(a) The History of the Highlands.
(b) A letter her mother wrote.
(c) The History of Danland.
(d) A story about the prince's birth.

4. Who is Mardo?
(a) Miri's sister.
(b) Miri's aunt.
(c) Miri's best friend.
(d) Miri's grandmother.

5. With what does Miri experiment as she thinks about what Peder says mining linder is like?
(a) Singing her reading lessons.
(b) Quarry-speech.
(c) Feeling the vibrations in the stone at the academy.
(d) Reading backwards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Miri embarrassed at the celebration?

2. Where does Miri continue practicing reading?

3. Who embarrasses Miri?

4. Why does Olana put Gerti in the closet?

5. Why does the village decide to raise linder prices?

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