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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Edik pack for Beatryce’s departure with Jack?
(a) Steel.
(b) Flint.
(c) Quartz.
(d) Copper.

2. Chapter Fifteen begins with which of the following?
(a) “She should not have told him that she could write.”
(b) “And so it was that Jack Dory made his way to the monastery.”
(c) “In the same village as Jack Dory.”
(d) “The request that Jack Dory brought to the monastery was deemed by all the monks.”

3. Which of the following is illustrated in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) A mermaid.
(b) A seahorse.
(c) Jack with a sword.
(d) A travel bag.

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

5. Which of the following in Jack’s village had been called off to war?
(a) The innkeeper.
(b) The priest.
(c) The cooper.
(d) The balcksmith.

6. Which of the following does the soldier lying abed in Jack’s village have on his face?
(a) Scars.
(b) Pustules.
(c) Pimples.
(d) Bruises.

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

8. To which of the following is Answelica compared?
(a) A devil.
(b) A ghoul.
(c) A demon.
(d) A seraph.

9. With what does the soldier lying abed in Jack’s village begin his testimony?
(a) “I have killed.”
(b) “How many have I killed?”
(c) “Under this bed is the sword.”
(d) “I regret the children.”

10. Which of the following does Edik pack for Beatryce’s departure with Jack?
(a) Candy.
(b) Cheese.
(c) Jerky.
(d) Bread.

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

12. Which of the following illustrations is at the end of Chapter Two?
(a) A shorn-headed girl.
(b) A mermaid hairbrush.
(c) A goat curled up with a girl.
(d) A scrap of writing.

13. In Chapter Fifteen, the word “malodorous” most nearly means which of the following?
(a) Bad-smelling.
(b) Good-smelling.
(c) Faint-smelling.
(d) Strong-smelling.

14. With what mark does Answelica leave Edik?
(a) A red arrow.
(b) A purple bruise.
(c) A black eye.
(d) A white crescent.

15. In Chapter Eight, which of the following names does Beatryce posit for Answelica before learning the goat’s true name?
(a) Massop.
(b) Melodius.
(c) Massapequa.
(d) Meliagraunce.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following is the soldier who had lain abed in Jack’s village compared?

2. Chapter Four begins with which of the following?

3. With which of the following does the novel’s epigraph begin?

4. Which of the following shapes of candy does Beatryce request in Chapter Eleven?

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

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