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

2. Who has Kira not seen during her stay in the Edifice?
(a) The Master Guardian.
(b) The cook.
(c) Christopher.
(d) The Ruin Singer.

3. What does Jamison expect Kira to tell everyone with her needle and thread?
(a) Her story.
(b) The past.
(c) The future.
(d) Whatever the guardians say.

4. What area do Kira and Thomas pass as they look for Matt in Chapter 17?
(a) Kira's old cott.
(b) The potter's shed.
(c) The weaver's shed.
(d) The Field of Leaving.

5. How does Matt describe the people he met on his journey?
(a) Broken, but quiet and nice.
(b) Tall and powerful.
(c) Dark and mysterious.
(d) Joyful and strong.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Thomas and Kira sit during the singing of the Ruin song?

2. How does Thomas open the locks in the Edifice?

3. How did Kira's father end up in the Field of Leaving?

4. Where do Kira and Thomas go in Chapter 17?

5. What is being constructed for Kira at the beginning of Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Kira to do on the blank section of the Singer's robe, and how does she react to her new task?

2. Describe Thomas, Kira, and Matt's exploration of the lower floor of the Edifice.

3. Why does Kira cry after returning from Jo's room at the end of Chapter 16?

4. Describe the Fen.

5. What is suspicious about Annabella's death?

6. Describe Kira and Thomas' visit to Jo in Chapter 16.

7. Describe what is known about the character Jo by the end of Chapter 13.

8. What is Jamison's role in the attack on Christopher?

9. Who is the blind man and what is his significance in the story?

10. What does Matt's journey through the woods reveal?

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