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

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

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

4. Chapter Twenty-two begins with which of the following?
(a) “Jack Dory sat under the eaves of Granny Bibspeak’s hut.”
(b) “Slowly, Jack Dory lowered the stool legs to the ground.”
(c) “Jack Dory belonged to no one.”
(d) “In the same village as Jack Dory.”

5. Chapter Seven begins with which of the following?
(a) “He illuminated the letter B.”
(b) “What she saw when she awoke was sunlight streaming through one small window that was up very high.”
(c) “In those moments when she was awake, she remembered.”
(d) “Brother Edik’s problems were compounded.”

6. To whom does Blackall dedicate the book?
(a) Blackall.
(b) Abelard.
(c) Charles.
(d) DiCamillo.

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

8. In Chapter Seven, what does Beatryce remember?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her brothers.
(c) Her name.
(d) Her father.

9. To which town had Jack and his family been fleeing?
(a) Throttletown.
(b) Kerrville.
(c) Scunthorpe.
(d) Highflint.

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

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

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

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

14. As which of the following does Jack note Bibspeak would return from the afterlife?
(a) Seahorse.
(b) Bee.
(c) Goat.
(d) Mermaid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter Eight, which of the following names does Beatryce posit for Answelica before learning the goat’s true name?

2. Chapter Four begins with which of the following?

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

4. In Chapter Eight, which of the following names does Beatryce posit for Answelica before learning the goat’s true name?

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

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