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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Olana put Gerti in the closet?
(a) For gossiping.
(b) For eating too much at dinner.
(c) For whispering when Britta is speaking.
(d) For speaking out of turn.

3. 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.

4. What does Peder say about quarry work?
(a) He cannot imagine doing it for the rest of his life.
(b) He thinks it can be executed more efficiently.
(c) He loves every second of it.
(d) He is sometimes bored with it.

5. What are the ages of the girls who must attend an academy?
(a) 5-15.
(b) 12-17.
(c) 10-21.
(d) 12-21.

6. What does Olana offer as a prize?
(a) A necklace.
(b) A silver gown.
(c) A pair of exquisite sandals.
(d) A set of brushes and combs.

7. What does Britta believe about the prince?
(a) He will choose Kata.
(b) He is mean.
(c) He will not choose one of them as his wife.
(d) He will not see her in a room full of girls.

8. How does Miri want to talk to Peder?
(a) With what she learned in Conversation.
(b) In the King's high language she's been learning.
(c) Without his family around.
(d) Privately.

9. What does Enrik refuse?
(a) To stop at the village.
(b) To trade with Miri's pa.
(c) To give Miri what she asks for the trade.
(d) To trade with Peder.

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

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

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

13. Why are the soldiers dismissed?
(a) There haven't been any soldiers.
(b) They have been flirting too much with the girls.
(c) They are needed back at the palace.
(d) So the girls do not feel like prisoners.

14. What does Pa try to prevent soldiers from doing?
(a) Taking more of their grain than necessary for their horses.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Taking Miri.
(d) Talking rough in front of his daughters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Miri receive from Peder?

2. What does Miri want to tell the village?

3. What does Miri realize about quarry-speech?

4. Why does Miri dismiss Britta?

5. What does Miri say about Enrik?

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