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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Chapter Six begins with which of the following?
(a) “Brother Edik’s problems were compounded.”
(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 task in the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing was to illuminate.”

4. Chapter Eighteen begins with which of the following?
(a) “The request that Jack Dory brought to the monastery was deemed by all the monks.”
(b) “But she was afraid.”
(c) “You will go with Jack Dory.”
(d) “Beatryce held herself straighter.”

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Chapter Twenty-two begins with which of the following?

4. Which phase does Caddis use to acknowledge Edik’s prophecies?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What job does Jack have in his village, and why?

2. In Chapter Eight, what does Beatryce first discuss with Edik?

3. In Chapter Four, how does Edik initially assess the condition of the child who had been curled up next to Answelica?

4. What does Beatryce think about as she prepares to take the soldier’s testimony in Jack’s village?

5. How does Edik describe the child’s crying in Chapter Three?

6. How does Edik note feeling about hearing his father’s voice?

7. In Chapter Six, what does Edik note wanting his letters to illuminate?

8. In Chapter Eight, how does Edik describe the Chronicles of Sorrowing?

9. What reason does the royal search party give to Jack for pursuing Beatryce?

10. How long does Chapter Thirteen note that Bibspeak had been in the world?

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