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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. For what is Marda too old?
(a) To apprentice to the local weaver.
(b) To be considered for the prince's bride.
(c) To apprentice to the local potter.
(d) To be screaming in excitement.

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

3. Why can't lowlanders hear quarry-speech?
(a) They do not have enough shared memories.
(b) They can hear quarry-speech..
(c) They do not have the genetic traits.
(d) They do not have quarry dust in their blood.

4. When will the prince choose his bride?
(a) In one year.
(b) When he becomes king.
(c) His father chooses the bride.
(d) He does not get to choose; the priests do.

5. What makes the girls feel small and insignificant?
(a) Their newfound knowledge of Danland.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Olanda's telling them about royalty.
(d) A group of nobles who come and tour the academy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is quarry-speech?

2. What does Miri want to see in the lowlands?

3. Why does the village decide to raise linder prices?

4. Why does the tutor expect Britta to lead the class?

5. What does Olana never let the girls forget?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miri continue to do each day, and how does that help her?

2. What do Miri and Britta share at the council meeting, and what is the result?

3. How does Miri use Diplomacy when they return to the academy and what is Olana's response?

4. What are the results of the next test and of what does Bena accuse the fourteen-year-olds?

5. What does the King's messenger announce?

6. What do Bena and Liana think of the village boys and of what do they accuse Miri?

7. Who is Britta?

8. What more does Miri learn about quarry-speech and Linder from Marda and her pa?

9. What does Miri decide to do one day when the other girls go outside?

10. Why did Miri feel isolated from other girls her age and how is being at the academy changing that?

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