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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Edik believe he sees when he first enters the barn in Chapter Two?
(a) A three-horned bull.
(b) A four-legged chicken.
(c) A two-headed goat.
(d) A one-eyed sheep.

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

3. Which of the following epithets does Edik hear his father’s voice call him?
(a) Snaggle-toothed reprobate.
(b) Broken-eyed coward.
(c) Demon-minded floozie.
(d) Bow-legged layabout.

4. In Chapter Ten, which of the following does Edik draw?
(a) A vine.
(b) A flower.
(c) A berry.
(d) A branch.

5. Chapter Twenty begins with which of the following?
(a) “Beatryce held herself straighter.”
(b) “Jack Dory sat under the eaves of Granny Bibspeak’s hut.”
(c) “Slowly, Jack Dory lowered the stool legs to the ground.”
(d) “But she was afraid.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The word “antipathies” is most similar in meaning to which of the following?

3. What kind of mattress does Beatryce have in Chapter Eight?

4. With which of the following does the novel’s epigraph end?

5. To whom does Blackall dedicate the book?

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