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

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

3. Chapter Twenty-one begins with which of the following?
(a) “Slowly, Jack Dory lowered the stool legs to the ground.”
(b) “Jack Dory sat under the eaves of Granny Bibspeak’s hut.”
(c) “Beatryce held herself straighter.”
(d) “Jack Dory belonged to no one.”

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter Eleven begins with which of the following?

2. With which of the following does the novel’s epigraph end?

3. Chapter Three begins with which of the following?

4. Chapter Nineteen begins with which of the following?

5. Chapter Twenty begins with which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter Thirteen, what reason does Jack give for his family’s flight?

3. What do the king and the counselor discuss in their interlude in Chapter Six?

4. Early in Chapter One, what is portrayed as among Answelica’s favorite games?

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

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

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

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

9. At the beginning of Chapter Fourteen, what sobriquets does Bibspeak apply to Jack?

10. At the end of Chapter Five, what does Beatryce think?

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