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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 the priest announce after the ceremony?
(a) The king wishes to meet all the girls from the academy.
(b) Mount Eskel has gained favor in the king's eyes.
(c) According to the gods, the marriage is perfect.
(d) Mount Eskel is the sixteenth province of Danland.

2. What is coming up in the Fall?
(a) A dance.
(b) The Fall equinox.
(c) A harvest festival.
(d) The Prince's visit.

3. With whom does Britta stay?
(a) Mostly Miri's family.
(b) She goes home to the lowlands.
(c) She bounces around from one household to the next.
(d) It is not mentioned where she stays.

4. What do the girls talk about one day after class concerning why they were at the academy?
(a) If the prince will actually return.
(b) If the prince will help their village.
(c) If the academy was some sort of ruse.
(d) If they really want to be a princess.

5. How does Miri help Gerti?
(a) Winking at her to give her confidence.
(b) Using quarry-speech.
(c) Distracting Katar.
(d) Asking Olana a question that would give Gerti a hint.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does each girl get for the ball?

2. What does Britti tell Miri?

3. What does the prince say when Miri asks him about his demeanor?

4. Why does Miri want to marry the prince?

5. Who does Miri think the prince should marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Britta teach Miri?

2. What does Miri share concerning her mother and what do Britta, Esa and Frid say to her about her concerns?

3. What is the bandit leader's plans after the storm abates?

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

5. What do the villagers do and what is the atmosphere among them, and where do the "outsiders" stay in the village?

6. How does Miri learn about who Britta really is?

7. What does Miri realize about her family?

8. How do Peder and Miri have a falling out?

9. How does the idea of schooling expand?

10. How do the girls and the school prepare for a ball, and how do the girls treat Miri?

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