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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the women of the village plan to take Kira?
(a) To the Field of Leaving.
(b) Before the Council of Guardians.
(c) To the woods.
(d) To the next village.

2. Why does Kira decide to visit Annabella?
(a) To learn the secrets of the Guardians.
(b) To find her father.
(c) To learn the process of dyeing cloth.
(d) Because Annabella is her grandmother.

3. What about Jamison amazes Kira?
(a) His speech.
(b) His ability to read.
(c) His ability to write.
(d) His intense blue eyes.

4. How did Kira's father reportedly die?
(a) Beasts attacked him and dragged him away while he was hunting.
(b) He fell off a cliff while he was hunting.
(c) He fell out of a boat and drowned.
(d) He drowned in the river while he was fishing.

5. What building does Kira visit after leaving the Council Edifice?
(a) The potter's shed.
(b) The weaving shed.
(c) Jamison's cott.
(d) Matt's cott.

6. How long does Kira have to complete her task for the Council of Guardians?
(a) A few weeks.
(b) Thirty days.
(c) A year.
(d) A few months.

7. What verdict does the Council of Guardians render about Kira's case?
(a) Kira is to stay in the Council Edifice and the Guardians will take her property.
(b) Vandara is to be sent to the Field of Leaving.
(c) Kira is to stay in the Council Edifice and Vandara is given Kira's land.
(d) Kira is to be sent to the next village.

8. Why doesn't Kira look at the list of names Thomas writes down?
(a) In her society, women are forbidden to learn how to read.
(b) She is looking at his blue eyes.
(c) She is distracted by a metallic scraping sound.
(d) She is embarassed to be unable to read.

9. Who are the tenders?
(a) Boys training to be Guardians.
(b) Young boys who tend the flocks.
(c) Acolytes who participate in religious ceremonies.
(d) Servants who care for the orphans in the Edifice.

10. What comforts Kira as she falls asleep in her new bed in the Edifice?
(a) An embroidered scrap of cloth.
(b) The smell of her mother's cloth.
(c) Thoughts of her father.
(d) The sounds of the night.

11. What does Kira harvest from her mother's garden in Chapter 9?
(a) Plants used to create dyes.
(b) The rest of her carrots and potatoes.
(c) Flowers for making blue dye.
(d) Onions, to make yellow.

12. Who accompanies Kira to Annabella's house in Chapter 8?
(a) Matt and Branch.
(b) Jamison.
(c) Christopher.
(d) No one.

13. Who gave the pendant to Kira's mother?
(a) Annabella.
(b) Her father.
(c) Jamison.
(d) The Council of Guardians,

14. Which council member knew Kira's father?
(a) Christopher.
(b) Matt.
(c) Jamison.
(d) Vandar.

15. What object is Kira commanded by the Council of Guardians to mend?
(a) The singer's hat.
(b) The singer's cloak.
(c) The singer's robe.
(d) The singer's stole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What crime has Vandara been accused of in the past?

2. What does Kira discover is still intact in Chapter 2 when she returns home?

3. Why do the villagers regard Kira with contempt?

4. What does Matt have inside the bundle he has for Kira in Chapter 6?

5. In the beginning of Chapter 1, why is Kira in the Field of Leaving?

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