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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What quality of the villagers' discovery of Claire is one they have never experienced before?
(a) They have never seen a girl with red hair.
(b) They have never seen a girl with such pale skin.
(c) They have never seen a girl with blue eyes.
(d) No newcomer has ever appeared in the village.

2. What is a selkie?
(a) A mythical seal creature.
(b) A mythical walrus creature.
(c) A mythical mermaid creature.
(d) A mythical narwhal creature.

3. What name is given to Claire upon her arrival in the village?
(a) Seashore Claire.
(b) Wet Claire.
(c) Drenched Claire.
(d) Water Claire.

4. What reason does Claire give Alys for why her community had chosen to eradicate feelings of love in its citizens?
(a) Because they believed to do so would simplify everyone's lives.
(b) Because they believed to do so fixed many ills.
(c) Because they believed to do so would please Trademaster.
(d) Because they believed to do so would make the citizens easier to control.

5. When Claire tells Einar that she wants to climb out, what is his first reply?
(a) Climbing out is a death sentence.
(b) She is not strong enough to climb out.
(c) No woman has ever climbed out.
(d) Trademaster will be waiting.

6. What is the only way to escape the village's boundaries once the winding path up the cliff ends?
(a) One must scale the sheer rock wall.
(b) One must pray to the heavens for mercy.
(c) One must sacrifice the life of a living animal.
(d) One must call upon the Trademaster for help.

7. What word do Bethan, Delwyth, and Eira use during their pretend tea party that is wholly unfamiliar to Claire?
(a) Queen.
(b) Fun.
(c) Love.
(d) Mama.

8. When Claire arrives, how old is Einar, the villager who tried to leave the village, but failed?
(a) 22.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

9. What type of bird attacks Claire during her assent up the cliff?
(a) A hawk.
(b) An eagle.
(c) An egret.
(d) A gull.

10. When Bryn gives birth to a healthy baby girl, what does Claire shout at Alys?
(a) "Don't take it from her!"
(b) "Give me the baby!"
(c) "It cannot be a girl!"
(d) "Believe me!"

11. With what malady has Tall Andras's mother been plagued for months by the time he creates the mommet?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Heart disease.
(d) Fever.

12. In what material does Alys wrap Claire after rubbing her dry with a rough cloth?
(a) Wool.
(b) Deerskin.
(c) Muslin.
(d) Cotton.

13. What is NOT one of the items Claire takes with her when she climbs out?
(a) A water gourd.
(b) Yellow-wing.
(c) A rope.
(d) A knife.

14. What does Einar NOT list among the actions his father had never taken in his raising of Einar?
(a) Holding Einar's hand.
(b) Speaking a soft word.
(c) Pointing to the stars in the sky.
(d) Kicking Einar awake in the morning.

15. What reason had Einar's father given him for taking Einar back into his own home?
(a) He had moved into a larger home.
(b) He had processed his grief over Einar's mother.
(c) The time had come for Einar to pay for what he had done.
(d) He had gotten a promotion at work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Einar perform after his attempt to leave the village ends in failure?

2. What object does Claire use for her stair-stepping exercises?

3. What solution does Alys prepare that she hopes will help Bryn make it full-term in her current pregnancy?

4. Who had kept Einar's father from flinging his infant body into the fire on the day of Einar's birth?

5. How old had Old Benedikt and Alys been the first time they danced?

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