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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 greets Jack first when he arrives at the Order of the Chronicles of Sorrowing?
(a) Caddis.
(b) Edik.
(c) Answelica.
(d) Beatryce.

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

3. Which of the following does Edik pack for Beatryce’s departure with Jack?
(a) Quartz.
(b) Flint.
(c) Copper.
(d) Steel.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter Fifteen, the word “malodorous” most nearly means which of the following?

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

4. Book the Second begins with which of the following?

5. How old is Jack when Bibspeak dies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What story does Beatryce promise to tell of Edik’s mermaid?

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

4. At the end of Chapter Thirteen, how long does Bibspeak make Jack repeat his name?

5. What reason does Edik give for having been in a field with Answelica early in Chapter Three?

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

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

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

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

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

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