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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 Three begins with which of the following?
(a) “Brother Edik’s task in the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing was to illuminate.”
(b) “She dreamed.”
(c) “Answelica stood next to the child in a ferocious, protective pose.”
(d) “A child. Next to the goat.”

2. Chapter Seven begins with which of the following?
(a) “In those moments when she was awake, she remembered.”
(b) “Brother Edik’s problems were compounded.”
(c) “What she saw when she awoke was sunlight streaming through one small window that was up very high.”
(d) “He illuminated the letter B.”

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

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

5. In Chapter Eight, which of the following names does Beatryce posit for Answelica before learning the goat’s true name?
(a) Heimlich.
(b) Morehouse.
(c) Lesslich.
(d) Morelich.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Chapter Three, “ominous” most nearly means which of the following?

2. Chapter Four begins with which of the following?

3. Which of the following illustrations precedes Book the First?

4. With what mark does Answelica leave Edik?

5. Chapter Eight begins with which of the following?

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