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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Olana decide will be allowed to go back to the village?
(a) Only the girls who do not pass the test.
(b) Only the girls who pass a test.
(c) Only those who are 12.
(d) Only those who are 17.

3. What does Miri want to tell the village?
(a) About how mean Olana is.
(b) About the possibility of winning a cottage.
(c) About what she's learned about commerce.
(d) About her experience with learning poise.

4. What impresses Olana about the girls?
(a) Their manners.
(b) The way the girls are so poised under pressure.
(c) Their reading skills are so much better.
(d) Their use of Diplomacy.

5. In what does Miri take comfort?
(a) That the academy is so close to her home.
(b) That the academy is only a couple weeks long.
(c) That Katar is unable to read.
(d) Thinking about the princess gown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Miri realize about quarry-speech?

2. What does Olana never let the girls forget?

3. What happens to Marda?

4. When will the prince choose his bride?

5. What happens when Olana catches Miri returning a book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Bena and Liana think of the village boys and of what do they accuse Miri?

2. Describe Miri's conversation with Knut and how does that lead to Miri discovering the price of linder.

3. What did Pa want to name Miri and why didn't he do so?

4. What does Miri hear some other girls discussing about her, and what does Miri think?

5. Why is Miri sent to the closet and what is her experience there like?

6. What more does Miri learn about quarry-speech and Linder from Marda and her pa?

7. Why does Olana punish Miri?

8. What do Marda and Miri do and what does Miri tell Marda she wants to do?

9. What do the girls do to tell the villagers about their experience in the academy so far and about what does Miri speak to Peder?

10. What is Miri's reaction to quarry speech?

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