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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. Why do the bandits stay in the school?
(a) Awaiting more men.
(b) It is a comfortable place to spend the winter.
(c) Waiting for the winter storm to abate.
(d) Awaiting their leader's arrival.

2. What worries Esa concerning the prince?
(a) He will dismiss choosing her because of her injured arm.
(b) He will choose based on looks alone.
(c) He will not want any of the girls.
(d) He will know about her dubious family background.

3. What does Miri realize about her family?
(a) They want to go to the lowlands.
(b) They are excited about her becoming a princess.
(c) They do not care about a house in the lowlands.
(d) They are happy for whatever she wants.

4. To what did Miri's first opinion change?
(a) She thought him arrogant.
(b) She thought him inept on the dance floor.
(c) She thought him timid.
(d) She thought him rude.

5. What does Olana blame on the girls?
(a) The way Olana was treated by the nobles accompanying the prince.
(b) That the prince told Olana to work on their dance skills.
(c) The departure of the prince.
(d) The failure of the prince to choose.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Miri help Gerti?

2. What has started blooming?

3. How does Miri feel after dancing with the prince?

4. What do the girls realize?

5. Who helps Peder pressure Dan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Miri decide they should run for it and what happens?

2. How does the idea of schooling expand?

3. What does Miri realize about her family?

4. How does Miri and Peder's relationship seem at the end of the story?

5. Why does Dan threaten to kill Miri?

6. What does Marda reveal to Miri and what is Miri's thoughts about the matter?

7. What are Miri's impression after her dance with the prince?

8. What do the girls discuss at the opening to Chapter 19?

9. What realization does Miri have about her desire for the future?

10. Why can the academy not continue for the winter?

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