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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What comment does Jo have in Chapter 16 about the songs she sings?
(a) She loves to sing for Jamison.
(b) She doesn't learn songs, she just "knows" them.
(c) Her songs are sung to her by a bluebird.
(d) She does not enjoy singing the songs the Guardians teach her.

2. Who/what does Kira ask about Matt's location?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Jo.
(c) Jamison.
(d) The embroidered scrap of cloth.

3. According to Matt's brother, where has Matt gone?
(a) Over yonder to the next village.
(b) On the great hunt.
(c) To find Kira's father.
(d) To find a gift of blue for Kira.

4. What does Jamison recite for Kira in Chapter 18?
(a) The rules of the Edifice.
(b) Passages from the Ruin song.
(c) Poems from before the Ruin.
(d) The song of the Great Hunt.

5. How does the Singer and the crowd end the Ruin song?
(a) "Thus says the song."
(b) "Amen. So be it."
(c) "Listen, all ye people."
(d) "Listen, and remember."

6. In Chapter 12, what sound has Thomas heard at night?
(a) A metallic scraping.
(b) An eerie singing.
(c) A crying child.
(d) An electronic humming.

7. Where does Kira want Thomas to accompany her in Chapter 15?
(a) To Jo's room.
(b) To Annabella's cott.
(c) To the next village.
(d) To Matt's cott.

8. What valuable skill does Kira believe Matt possesses?
(a) The ability to prophesy.
(b) The ability to grow blue flowers.
(c) The ability to make blue dye.
(d) The ability to make people laugh.

9. What do Thomas and Kira bring with them as they visit Jo in Chapter 16?
(a) Books and toys.
(b) The embroidered scrap of cloth and special piece of carved wood.
(c) Food and warm clothing for the child.
(d) Matt and Branch.

10. What comment does Marlena make about Jo?
(a) Jo's parents had too many children to keep.
(b) She is Jo's sister.
(c) Her songs were not only beautiful, but prophetic.
(d) She was born a prophet.

11. In Chapter 12, what thread does Kira wish she had?
(a) Blue thread.
(b) Silk thread.
(c) White thread.
(d) Purple thread.

12. Which character once attempted to kill Christopher?
(a) Vandara.
(b) Jamison.
(c) Annabella.
(d) Kira's father.

13. Who does Kira speak to through a door keyhole?
(a) Matt.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Jamison.
(d) Jo.

14. Who walks through a storm to visit Kira?
(a) Annabella.
(b) Jamison.
(c) Christopher.
(d) Matt and Branch.

15. What is Matt's "big" gift for Kira in Chapter 21?
(a) Annabella.
(b) Her father, Christopher.
(c) A bag of seeds.
(d) A pot of blue dye.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jamison expect Kira to tell everyone with her needle and thread?

2. What does Jamison tell Kira in Chapter 14?

3. Who visits Kira in her room after she returns from her exploration of the lower floor of the Edifice?

4. How is Jo supposed to contact Thomas if she needs help?

5. What unusual sound does Kira hear at the beginning of the Ruin song ceremony?

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