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

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

3. At the end of Chapter Three, “ominous” most nearly means which of the following?
(a) Promising good.
(b) Promising nothing.
(c) Promising tacos.
(d) Promising ill.

4. Edik sees what on the feet of the child curled up against Answelica in Chapter Three?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Blood.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Manure.

5. Chapter Six begins with which of the following?
(a) “What she saw when she awoke was sunlight streaming through one small window that was up very high.”
(b) “In those moments when she was awake, she remembered.”
(c) “Brother Edik’s problems were compounded.”
(d) “Brother Edik’s task in the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing was to illuminate.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter Nine begins with which of the following?

2. In Chapter Seven, what does Beatryce remember?

3. Chapter Three begins with which of the following?

4. Which phase does Caddis use to acknowledge Edik’s prophecies?

5. Which of the following is the name of one of Beatryce’s brothers?

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