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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 Miri attempt to read one day?
(a) A letter her mother wrote.
(b) The History of the Highlands.
(c) A story about the prince's birth.
(d) The History of Danland.

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

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

4. What does Peder say mining linder is like?
(a) Like nothing else exists.
(b) Singing along with the mountain.
(c) Being inside a dark abyss.
(d) Like flowing in a white light of particles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What impresses Olana about the girls?

2. What gift does Miri receive from Peder?

3. What does Miri learn about one block of linder?

4. How long has Miri been friends with Peder Doterson?

5. In what does Miri take comfort?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Miri and Britta share at the council meeting, and what is the result?

2. What does the King's messenger announce?

3. 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?

4. How does Miri decide to tell of her experience in the closet and how does that affect Gerti?

5. What does Miri continue to do each day, and how does that help her?

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

7. What happens to Marda and how does this lead to Miri learning about why she is not allowed in the mines?

8. Where does Miri want to go and what does her pa say about it?

9. What does Miri receive from Peder and what is her reaction?

10. What startles Miri awake one morning and why is she unsettled?

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