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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Chapter Two ends with which of the following?
(a) “The child had hold of one of the goat’s ears.”
(b) “The girl is gone.”
(c) “This impossible world.”
(d) “Falling, falling, falling.”

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

4. From what does Brother Antoine make candy?
(a) Jellied berries.
(b) Spun honey.
(c) Dark chocolate.
(d) Maple sugar.

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

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

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

8. Chapter Four begins with which of the following?
(a) “Brother Edik’s task in the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing was to illuminate.”
(b) “Answelica stood next to the child in a ferocious, protective pose.”
(c) “She dreamed.”
(d) “In those moments when she was awake, she remembered.”

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

10. Chapter Twenty-three begins with which of the following?
(a) “And so it was that Jack Dory made his way to the monastery.”
(b) “Jack Dory belonged to no one.”
(c) “Slowly, Jack Dory lowered the stool legs to the ground.”
(d) “In the same village as Jack Dory.”

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

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

13. Chapter Three begins with which of the following?
(a) “She dreamed.”
(b) “Brother Edik’s task in the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing was to illuminate.”
(c) “Answelica stood next to the child in a ferocious, protective pose.”
(d) “A child. Next to the goat.”

14. In Chapter Eight, which of the following names does Beatryce posit for Answelica before learning the goat’s true name?
(a) Blaggart.
(b) Braggadocio.
(c) Blechdor.
(d) Burnet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter Eighteen begins with which of the following?

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

3. Chapter Nineteen begins with which of the following?

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

5. In Chapter Ten, which of the following does Edik draw?

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