3. What do Bena and Liana think of the village boys?
(a) They are boring.
(b) They are silly.
(c) They are a welcome sight after being gone so long.
(d) They are for the most part, handsome.

4. What book does Miri pick up after the first one?
(a) A book about raising children.
(b) A book about etiquette.
(c) A book about cooking.
(d) A book of Tales.

5. Why does Miri dismiss Britta?
(a) She stutters.
(b) She is a lowlander.
(c) She acts coy.
(d) She is a know it all.

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

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

8. With whom does Miri decide to try out her quarry-speech?
(a) Olana.
(b) Gerti.
(c) Britta.
(d) Karta.

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

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

11. What does Olana never let the girls forget?
(a) Olana sacrificed a year of her life to help them.
(b) They will never be able to live in their village again and be happy.
(c) They are less than citizens in Danland.
(d) One will someday be queen.

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

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

14. Who is the only one able to read out loud one day in the classroom?
(a) Greti.
(b) Miri.
(c) No one.
(d) Britta.

15. 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) Reading backwards.
(d) Feeling the vibrations in the stone at the academy.