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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The word “antipathies” is most similar in meaning to which of the following?
(a) Intense dislike.
(b) Mild like.
(c) Intense like.
(d) Mild dislike.

2. Which of the following is the name of one of Beatryce’s brothers?
(a) Asop.
(b) Wilhelm.
(c) Hans.
(d) Jakob.

3. 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) “Answelica was a goat with teeth that were the mirror of her soul.”
(d) “Brother Edik’s task in the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing was to illuminate.”

4. Chapter Nineteen begins with which of the following?
(a) “Jack Dory sat under the eaves of Granny Bibspeak’s hut.”
(b) “You will go with Jack Dory.”
(c) “Beatryce held herself straighter.”
(d) “But she was afraid.”

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jack retrieves Beatryce from taking the soldier’s testimony in his village, what is she doing?

2. Chapter Five begins with which of the following?

3. To whom does DiCamillo dedicate the book?

4. At the end of Chapter Twelve, a prophecy is noted that a girl child will come and do which of the following?

5. What are the first words Jack says to Bibspeak?

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