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

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

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

4. Which of the following is illustrated in Chapter Eighteen?
(a) A mermaid.
(b) A travel bag.
(c) Jack with a sword.
(d) A seahorse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter Nine begins with which of the following?

2. Which of the following is the name of one of Beatryce’s brothers?

3. In Chapter Thirteen, what question does Bibspeak not want to ask?

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

5. As Beatryce, Answelica, and Jack leave the monastery, which tricks does Jack turn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Jack give for not wanting to know a secret in Chapter Fifteen?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Jack start at the approach of horses to his village?

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

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

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

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