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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. What is the Ruin Song?
(a) A song sung during the weekly religious ceremony.
(b) The oral history of Kira's people that is sung annually.
(c) The oral history of Kira's people that is sung every decade.
(d) The song sung by the men while they are on the Great Hunt.

2. What gift does Thomas give Kira?
(a) An intricately carved box.
(b) A carved walking stick.
(c) A hand mirror.
(d) A colorful scarf.

3. What claim does Annabella make in Chapter 11 that shocks Kira?
(a) There are no beasts in the forest.
(b) She will forge the future of their people.
(c) Jamison is her father.
(d) Blue dye does not exist.

4. How does Kira calm her nerves during the trial?
(a) By running her hands though her hair.
(b) By mentally reciting plant names and uses.
(c) By stroking an embroidered scrap of cloth.
(d) By rubbing her hands.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kira do when she is threatened by Vandara and the other women in Chapter 2?

2. What do the weavers offer Kira at the end of Chapter 5?

3. What warning does Jamison give Kira about traveling in the woods?

4. What does Kira intend to do with the stains on her mother's skirt?

5. What does Kira eat the evening she returns from the Field of Leaving?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the women in the weaver's shed offer Kira a position at the loom?

2. What warning does Matt give Kira in Chapter 1?

3. Describe Kira's home after she returns from the Field of Leaving.

4. Describe Kira's scrap of cloth. Why does she keep it near her?

5. Why does Jamison bring out the Singer's robe and question Kira about her embroidery skills?

6. Describe what is known about the character Thomas by the end of Chapter 7.

7. What type of living conditions is Kira used to before she moves to the Edifice?

8. What comforts Kira on her first night away from home?

9. What are Kira's plans now that both her parents are dead?

10. Describe what is known about the character Jamison by the end of Chapter 4.

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