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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Britta?
(a) The village wisdom.
(b) A girl who is new to the village.
(c) The village weaver.
(d) A lowlander who has been living on the mountain.

2. For what is Marda too old?
(a) To be screaming in excitement.
(b) To be considered for the prince's bride.
(c) To apprentice to the local potter.
(d) To apprentice to the local weaver.

3. Where is the academy?
(a) On the top of Mount Eskel.
(b) In the stone minister's house.
(c) Near the Dark Forest.
(d) In the lowlands.

4. What does Miri say about Enrik?
(a) He is stingy.
(b) He is not helpful.
(c) He is kind.
(d) He is good looking.

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

6. What does Miri believe about Liana and Bena?
(a) They are smarter than she is.
(b) The boys like them better.
(c) They don't like her.
(d) They are prettier than she is.

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

8. What will Miri's Pa not let her do?
(a) Go to the Linder mines.
(b) Leave before her aunt and uncle arrive.
(c) Bake for her brother.
(d) Take her sister with her.

9. What does Britta admit about her working in the quarry?
(a) She was afraid of being in the earth.
(b) She could not hear the quarry speech.
(c) She thought she was better than anyone else.
(d) She was afraid of the dark.

10. Who cannot get the image of a rat in the closet out of her mind?
(a) Gerti.
(b) Olana.
(c) Britta.
(d) Miri.

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

12. What is the status of Mount Eskel?
(a) A province.
(b) A territory.
(c) A protectorate.
(d) A Duchy.

13. Who embarrasses Miri?
(a) Her pa.
(b) Marda.
(c) Peder.
(d) One of the soldiers.

14. Why did Miri's Ma not want her to be named Linder?
(a) She didn't want her daughter named after a stone.
(b) It is her great-aunt's name whom she dislikes.
(c) She wanted Miri to be named Linder.
(d) She hates that family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What scares Miri as she wakes?

2. What is quarry-speech?

3. What is Miri determined to do concerning Enrik?

4. In what does Miri take comfort?

5. Why is Katar jealous?

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