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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter Two begins with which of the following?
(a) “She dreamed.”
(b) “A child. Next to the goat.”
(c) “Answelica stood next to the child in a ferocious, protective pose.”
(d) “All of this took place during a time of war.”

2. Chapter Nine begins with which of the following?
(a) “He illuminated the letter B.”
(b) “Brother Edik’s problems were compounded.”
(c) “She tried not to think about what she could not remember.”
(d) “The day after her fever broke.”

3. Which of the following did the man with the knife take from Jack’s father?
(a) A hat.
(b) A cloak.
(c) Food.
(d) Money.

4. Which of the following is illustrated in Chapter Ten?
(a) A goat headbutting a monk.
(b) A mermaid hairbrush.
(c) A shorn-headed girl.
(d) A goat curled up with a girl.

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

6. How long does Caddis allow for the child’s recovery?
(a) A fortnight.
(b) A month.
(c) A year.
(d) A week.

7. Chapter Twenty-one begins with which of the following?
(a) “Beatryce held herself straighter.”
(b) “Jack Dory belonged to no one.”
(c) “Slowly, Jack Dory lowered the stool legs to the ground.”
(d) “Jack Dory sat under the eaves of Granny Bibspeak’s hut.”

8. What color are the wings of the angel the soldier lying abed in Jack’s village sees?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Gold.

9. What are Beatryce’s first words to Jack?
(a) “I did not know she could be outwitted.”
(b) “I am speaking with the goat.”
(c) “You outwitted her.”
(d) “Hello.”

10. Which of the following is illustrated in Chapter Ten?
(a) A mermaid hairbrush.
(b) A shorn-headed girl.
(c) A goat curled up with a girl.
(d) A goat headbutting a monk.

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

12. Chapter Eighteen begins with which of the following?
(a) “Beatryce held herself straighter.”
(b) “The request that Jack Dory brought to the monastery was deemed by all the monks.”
(c) “But she was afraid.”
(d) “You will go with Jack Dory.”

13. 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.”

14. Book the Second ends with which of the following?
(a) “How could anyone bear it?”
(b) “I will go and ask your mother a few questions, too.”
(c) “The request that Jack Dory brought to the monastery was deemed by all the monks.”
(d) “Jack Dory belonged to no one.”

15. Chapter Six begins with which of the following?
(a) “In those moments when she was awake, she remembered.”
(b) “Brother Edik’s task in the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing was to illuminate.”
(c) “Brother Edik’s problems were compounded.”
(d) “What she saw when she awoke was sunlight streaming through one small window that was up very high.”

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Fourteen, what does Jack dream of wanting?

2. Chapter Two ends with which of the following?

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

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

5. Chapter Twenty-three begins with which of the following?

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