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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Chapter 12, what sound has Thomas heard at night?

3. What frightens Kira as the Ruin song resumes after lunch?

4. While learning the plants used to create cloth dyes, what has Kira also been learning?

5. What do Kira and her friends hear a child doing while on the lower floor of the Edifice in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Gathering ceremony resemble?

2. How does Kira react when Jamison refuses to allow her to watch over Annabella's body in the Field of Leaving?

3. What does Kira find suspicious about Jo's situation, and why?

4. What do the Ruin song and the Singer's robe reveal about the history of Kira's world?

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

6. How does Kira spend her rainy day in Chapter 12?

7. How do the villagers and Matt's family react to his absence?

8. How have the words of the Ruin song been distorted over time?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the significance of the Singer's robe. What does it symbolize for Kira's people? By the end of the novel, what does it symbolize to Kira? How can the robe be used to alter the future of Kira's village?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of the color blue in the novel. Why is Kira searching for blue? Who has access to the plants that create blue dye? What does the color blue symbolize in the novel? How will its discovery affect Kira's character and her people?

Essay Topic 3

What value is placed on human life in Kira's society? How does the attitude prevalent towards the value of life affect education, employment, family life, and the development of society? How might this attitude affect the future survival of Kira's people?

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