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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pa say about linder?
(a) It's in the peoples' bones.
(b) It's just stone.
(c) It's what keeps the village people healthy.
(d) It's magical.

2. Whose hand does Miri take as she is walking to the academy?
(a) Britta.
(b) Esa.
(c) Marda.
(d) Gerti.

3. When will the prince choose his bride?
(a) He does not get to choose; the priests do.
(b) When he becomes king.
(c) His father chooses the bride.
(d) In one year.

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

5. What does Peder say Miri does not have to do while using quarry-speech?
(a) Voice the words.
(b) Pound out a rhythm.
(c) Stand.
(d) Move in circles.

6. What is Miri not wanting to do in order to get her family a house?
(a) Never work in the linder mines.
(b) Give up a possibility of being the academy princess.
(c) Marry the prince.
(d) Pretending to be deaf to the quarry speech.

7. With whom does Miri bond?
(a) Gresti.
(b) Esa.
(c) Katar.
(d) Olana.

8. Who reminds Olanda about Miri?
(a) No one.
(b) Bena.
(c) Britta.
(d) Gerti.

9. What makes the girls feel small and insignificant?
(a) A group of nobles who come and tour the academy.
(b) Olanda's telling them about royalty.
(c) Their newfound knowledge of Danland.
(d) Nothing.

10. What is one thing the girls want to see happen at the academy?
(a) Better food.
(b) Learning more artistic skills.
(c) No more locking them in the closet.
(d) A chance to interact with boys.

11. What happens when Olana catches Miri returning a book?
(a) Miri has to leave the academy.
(b) Miri has to admit her deed to the class.
(c) Olana offers to help Miri read better.
(d) Miri has to stay in the closet.

12. Why does Miri hide the book she is reading?
(a) The prince comes into the classroom.
(b) Her pa is outside needing to speak to her.
(c) Olana comes into the classroom.
(d) Another student comes into the classroom.

13. What do the girls think is a fitting punishment?
(a) Missing a meal.
(b) Writing an extra assignment.
(c) Helping the cook kitchen.
(d) Standing at the back of the classroom.

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

15. What does Miri want to see in the lowlands?
(a) The palace.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The gardens.
(d) A dragon.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Miri feel at the academy?

3. What does Peder say about the prince and Miri?

4. With whom does Miri discuss Olana's cruelty?

5. What does Miri want to tell the village?

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