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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 illustrations precedes Book the First?
(a) A goat headbutting a monk.
(b) A shorn-headed girl.
(c) A goat curled up with a girl.
(d) A mermaid hairbrush.

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

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

4. At the end of Chapter Three, “ominous” most nearly means which of the following?
(a) Promising ill.
(b) Promising good.
(c) Promising nothing.
(d) Promising tacos.

5. How long does Bibspeak live after taking Jack in?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 40 years.
(c) 4-score years.
(d) 14 years.

6. In Chapter Thirteen, what question does Bibspeak not want to ask?
(a) “And your mother?”
(b) “And you?”
(c) “And your father?”
(d) “And the goat?”

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

8. What are the first reported words of the soldier as he lies abed in Jack’s village?
(a) “I want to die!”
(b) “I am in need of a brother from the monastery.”
(c) “I know who you are.”
(d) “What is it that you want to say?”

9. Which of the following shapes of candy does Beatryce request in Chapter Eleven?
(a) A leaf.
(b) A moon.
(c) A star.
(d) A person.

10. When Jack retrieves Beatryce from taking the soldier’s testimony in his village, what is she doing?
(a) Writing.
(b) Crying.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Eating.

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

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

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

14. 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.”

15. An illustration of which of the following precedes Book the Second?
(a) Beatryce, Answelica, and Jack in a tree.
(b) Beatryce, Answelica, and Jack on the road.
(c) Beatryce alone in the forest.
(d) Answelica, Jack, Edik, and Cannoc on the road.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter Eleven begins with which of the following?

2. Book the Second ends with which of the following?

3. How old is Jack when Bibspeak dies?

4. Which phrase does Edik use to report a prophecy to Caddis?

5. Which of the following greets Jack first when he arrives at the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing?

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