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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. Which of the following shapes of candy does Beatryce request in Chapter Eleven?
(a) A star.
(b) A person.
(c) A moon.
(d) A leaf.

2. In Chapter Nine, what is noted as being illegal?
(a) Teaching women to read and write.
(b) Teaching old dogs new tricks.
(c) Teaching men to read and write.
(d) Teaching commoners swordcraft.

3. To whom does Blackall dedicate the book?
(a) DiCamillo.
(b) Blackall.
(c) Abelard.
(d) Charles.

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

5. 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. In Chapter Fourteen, what does Jack dream of wanting?

2. Book the First begins with which of the following?

3. Chapter Two begins with which of the following?

4. Chapter Six begins with which of the following?

5. In Chapter Eight, which of the following names does Beatryce posit for Answelica before learning the goat’s true name?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter Five, how does Beatryce describe the seahorse?

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

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

4. Why do the monks purpose to send Beatryce on the errand to Jack’s village?

5. In Chapter Nine, whom does Edik note expecting to be literate?

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

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

8. In Chapter Twelve, how does Edik propose concealing Beatryce?

9. In Chapter Fifteen, what reasons does the soldier give for wishing to be a bag of vegetables?

10. Why is Edik tardy in feeding Answelica?

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