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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book the Second.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With which of the following does the novel’s epigraph begin?
(a) “One day where will come a child.”
(b) “The prophecy has long been ignored.”
(c) “It is written in the Chronicles of Sorrowing.”
(d) “This child will be a girl.”

2. In Chapter Fifteen, the word “malodorous” most nearly means which of the following?
(a) Faint-smelling.
(b) Bad-smelling.
(c) Good-smelling.
(d) Strong-smelling.

3. Which of the following did the man with the knife take from Jack’s mother?
(a) A hat.
(b) Food.
(c) Money.
(d) A cloak.

4. Chapter Ten begins with which of the following?
(a) “Answelica was a goat with teeth that were the mirror of her soul.”
(b) “The day after her fever broke.”
(c) “He illuminated the letter B.”
(d) “She tried not to think about what she could not remember.”

5. What are Edik’s first words to Jack?
(a) “Welcome!”
(b) “Hello.”
(c) “Are you lost?”
(d) “Who are you?”

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Blackall dedicate the book?

2. Book the Second begins with which of the following?

3. Which of the following is illustrated in Chapter Eighteen?

4. Book the First ends with which of the following?

5. Book the Second ends with which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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