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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which phrase does Edik use to report a prophecy to Caddis?
(a) “I saw something you should know about.”
(b) “These words are truth. Take them.”
(c) “These words were delivered to me as I worked.”
(d) “I was given these words, and I give them to you.”

2. In Chapter Nine, what is noted as being illegal?
(a) Teaching men to read and write.
(b) Teaching commoners swordcraft.
(c) Teaching women to read and write.
(d) Teaching old dogs new tricks.

3. 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.

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

5. What are the first words Jack says to Bibspeak?
(a) “Should we interfere with fate?”
(b) “That is exactly right.”
(c) “I am Jack Dory!”
(d) “What if you are?”

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter Two ends with which of the following?

2. As Beatryce, Answelica, and Jack leave the monastery, which tricks does Jack turn?

3. How long does Caddis allow for the child’s recovery?

4. Chapter Eighteen begins with which of the following?

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

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