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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Matter and Book the First.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter Nine begins with which of the following?
(a) “He illuminated the letter B.”
(b) “Brother Edik’s problems were compounded.”
(c) “The day after her fever broke.”
(d) “She tried not to think about what she could not remember.”

2. Which of the following illustrations is at the end of Chapter Two?
(a) A mermaid hairbrush.
(b) A scrap of writing.
(c) A shorn-headed girl.
(d) A goat curled up with a girl.

3. From what does Brother Antoine make candy?
(a) Jellied berries.
(b) Dark chocolate.
(c) Spun honey.
(d) Maple sugar.

4. At the end of Chapter Twelve, a prophecy is noted that a girl child will come and do which of the following?
(a) Become the mother of kings and begin a new dynasty.
(b) Be free of blemish and unstained.
(c) Unseat a king and bring about a great change.
(d) Slay the one whom no man can kill.

5. Book the First begins with which of the following?
(a) “His dark robes gave off an oily sheen in the light from the candles that flickered around the throne of the king.”
(b) “Ideally, most ideally, the goat would go with her.”
(c) “Brother Edik’s task in the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing was to illuminate.”
(d) “Answelica was a goat with teeth that were the mirror of her soul.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Edik note in Answelica’s eyes at the beginning of Chapter Four?

2. In Chapter Eight, which of the following names does Beatryce posit for Answelica before learning the goat’s true name?

3. Chapter Ten begins with which of the following?

4. What are Edik’s first words in the novel?

5. Which of the following shapes of candy does Beatryce request in Chapter Eleven?

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