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

2. What kind of mattress does Beatryce have in Chapter Eight?
(a) None.
(b) Straw.
(c) Feather.
(d) Wool.

3. What are the first words Bibspeak says to Jack?
(a) “That is exactly right.”
(b) “I am Jack Dory!”
(c) “What if you are?”
(d) “Should we interfere with fate?”

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

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

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

7. To which of the following is Answelica compared?
(a) A devil.
(b) A ghoul.
(c) A seraph.
(d) A demon.

8. How old is Jack when Bibspeak dies?
(a) 21.
(b) 12.
(c) 20.
(d) 14.

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

10. 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) “I have killed.”
(d) “How many have I killed?”

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

12. Which of the following is the name of one of Beatryce’s brothers?
(a) Douglas.
(b) Quercus.
(c) Ash.
(d) Rowan.

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

14. As Beatryce, Answelica, and Jack leave the monastery, which tricks does Jack turn?
(a) Kip-ups.
(b) Cartwheels.
(c) Walkovers.
(d) Somersaults.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is illustrated in Chapter Ten?

2. Chapter Five begins with which of the following?

3. With which of the following does the novel’s epigraph begin?

4. What color are the wings of the angel the soldier lying abed in Jack’s village sees?

5. Which of the following does Edik note in Answelica’s eyes at the beginning of Chapter Four?

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