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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the members of the council respond to Kira's ritual actions in Chapter 3?
(a) They nod their approval.
(b) They scold her for her clumsiness.
(c) They frown.
(d) They chuckle.

2. What does Kira realize she has never seen either dead or alive after she returns to the Edifice in Chapter 11?
(a) A crippled person.
(b) A bear or a wolf.
(c) A beast.
(d) Blue flowers.

3. What does Matt fear Kira might be while living in the Edifice?
(a) A servant.
(b) Tortured.
(c) A prisoner.
(d) A mistress.

4. Which character is waiting for Kira during the trial's lunch break in Chapter 4?
(a) Jamison.
(b) Christopher.
(c) Vandara.
(d) Matt.

5. In Chapter 9, what does Kira recite as she works?
(a) The names and uses of the plants Annabella taught her.
(b) Sections of the Ruin song.
(c) Ceremonial chants Jamison taught her.
(d) The names of her ancestors.

6. How is Vandara dressed as she presents herself before the Council of Guardians?
(a) She is dirty and barefoot.
(b) She is wearing a brightly colored smock.
(c) She is wearing an elaborately embroidered gown.
(d) She is dressed in white linen.

7. According to local law, who may be appointed to defend Kira?
(a) A council member.
(b) A family member.
(c) Any male villager over the age of 18.
(d) A friend.

8. Where does Kira travel at mid-morning in Chapter 3?
(a) The weaver's shed.
(b) The Council Edifice.
(c) Through the woods to the next village.
(d) Matt's cott.

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

10. What does Kira plan to do in Chapter 1 once she returns to the home she shared with her mother?
(a) Salvage anything not taken by the villagers.
(b) Salvage anything not destroyed by the fire and rebuild her home.
(c) Unpack her loom and begin weaving.
(d) Pack her belongings and search for her father.

11. Why isn't Matt allowed to enter the Field of Leaving?
(a) He does not belong to the village.
(b) He has no relatives currently in the Field.
(c) He was born under an unlucky omen.
(d) He is too young.

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

13. What does one tender assist Kira with on her first morning in the Edifice?
(a) Finding her way to the kitchen.
(b) The maze of hallways in the Edifice.
(c) The daily ceremonial rituals.
(d) The operation of the bathroom.

14. Where will the weaver with the broken arm probably be sent?
(a) To the healer.
(b) To the Field of Leaving.
(c) To the Council of Guardians.
(d) To the next village.

15. What does Kira eat the evening she returns from the Field of Leaving?
(a) Food from her garden.
(b) Soup from Vandara's pot.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Bread from Matt's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What deformity does Kira suffer from?

2. What object is Kira commanded by the Council of Guardians to mend?

3. Who does Kira confide in about her experience on the way to Annabella's house?

4. What comforts Kira's aching fingers one evening in Chapter 9?

5. What is worn during the singing of the Ruin Song?

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