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

2. 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.

3. Chapter Seventeen begins with which of the following?
(a) “She should not have told him that she could write.”
(b) “The request that Jack Dory brought to the monastery was deemed by all the monks.”
(c) “You will go with Jack Dory.”
(d) “But she was afraid.”

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

5. At the end of Chapter Twelve, a prophecy is noted that a girl child will come and do which of the following?
(a) Slay the one whom no man can kill.
(b) Become the mother of kings and begin a new dynasty.
(c) Unseat a king and bring about a great change.
(d) Be free of blemish and unstained.

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

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

8. Edik sees what on the feet of the child curled up against Answelica in Chapter Three?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Manure.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Blood.

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

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

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

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

13. In Chapter Four, Edik guesses the child is no older than which age?
(a) 11.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. An illustration of which of the following precedes Book the Second?

2. With what mark does Answelica leave Edik?

3. As which of the following does Jack note Bibspeak would return from the afterlife?

4. Chapter Eighteen begins with which of the following?

5. What are Edik’s first words to Jack?

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