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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Olana offer as a prize?
(a) A set of brushes and combs.
(b) A silver gown.
(c) A pair of exquisite sandals.
(d) A necklace.

2. Who reminds Olanda about Miri?
(a) Gerti.
(b) Britta.
(c) No one.
(d) Bena.

3. What does Peder say about quarry work?
(a) He is sometimes bored with it.
(b) He thinks it can be executed more efficiently.
(c) He loves every second of it.
(d) He cannot imagine doing it for the rest of his life.

4. What does Miri realize about quarry-speech?
(a) It uses memories to carry messages.
(b) It uses mental images to convey messages.
(c) It is not real.
(d) It works mind to mind.

5. Who is the only one able to read out loud one day in the classroom?
(a) No one.
(b) Britta.
(c) Miri.
(d) Greti.

6. How old is Miri when her mother dies?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 1 week.

7. With whom does Miri bond?
(a) Katar.
(b) Olana.
(c) Esa.
(d) Gresti.

8. What does Miri think about as much as becoming a princess?
(a) Quarry-speech.
(b) Peder.
(c) Commerce.
(d) Her mother's letters which she can now read.

9. What happens to Marda?
(a) She is apprenticed to a potter.
(b) She is hurt in the mines.
(c) She is apprenticed to a weaver.
(d) Nothing.

10. Why did Miri's Ma not want her to be named Linder?
(a) She hates that family.
(b) It is her great-aunt's name whom she dislikes.
(c) She wanted Miri to be named Linder.
(d) She didn't want her daughter named after a stone.

11. With what animal does Miri experiment?
(a) Rat.
(b) Dog.
(c) Cat.
(d) Horse.

12. What does Miri say about Enrik?
(a) He is stingy.
(b) He is good looking.
(c) He is not helpful.
(d) He is kind.

13. Who is Steffan?
(a) The Prince.
(b) The linder mine supervisor.
(c) One of the village boys.
(d) Britta's father.

14. What do Bena and Liana think of the village boys?
(a) They are a welcome sight after being gone so long.
(b) They are silly.
(c) They are boring.
(d) They are for the most part, handsome.

15. What is Miri determined to do concerning Enrik?
(a) Trade with him.
(b) Convince him to take her on his next journey.
(c) Make him learn to read.
(d) Convince him to hire her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Miri dismiss Britta?

2. How does Miri feel at the academy?

3. Why is Katar jealous?

4. What do Miri and Marda decide not to do?

5. What does Miri discover about Britta?

(see the answer keys)

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