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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scent does Alys believe has caused the triggering of Claire's memory?
(a) Tea.
(b) Pine needles.
(c) Meat.
(d) Grass.

2. What is NOT one of the signs listed among the signs that Alys's health is declining?
(a) She is increasingly bent over.
(b) She walks very slowly.
(c) Her eyesight dims.
(d) Her memory begins to fail her.

3. What does Claire name the bird brought to her by Einar?
(a) Orange-wing.
(b) Purple-wing.
(c) Yellow-wing.
(d) Red-wing.

4. Bethan suggests that the three girls should stop including a baby in their pretending games due to what reason?
(a) Because they have not been trained in caring for infants.
(b) Because it is getting dark and they need to get home.
(c) Because a fairy may overhear and try to take the baby.
(d) Because she mother says it is bad luck.

5. Who becomes Alys's new apprentice once Claire has made it clear that she will not take Alys's place as the village healer?
(a) Bryce.
(b) Bethan.
(c) Delwyth.
(d) Bryn.

6. What word do Bethan, Delwyth, and Eira use during their pretend tea party that is wholly unfamiliar to Claire?
(a) Queen.
(b) Fun.
(c) Mama.
(d) Love.

7. Bethan, Delwyth, and Eira call a little corner of what type of natural feature their Tea Place?
(a) A group of tidepools.
(b) A marsh.
(c) A meadow.
(d) A beach.

8. In reality, who carries Claire from the water into the village?
(a) Einar.
(b) Alys.
(c) Tall Andras.
(d) Old Benedikt.

9. Since giving birth to Bethan six years ago, how many children has Bryn lost before birth?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

10. What type of bird attacks Claire during her assent up the cliff?
(a) An egret.
(b) A gull.
(c) A hawk.
(d) An eagle.

11. What quality of the villagers' discovery of Claire is one they have never experienced before?
(a) They have never seen a girl with such pale skin.
(b) They have never seen a girl with red hair.
(c) They have never seen a girl with blue eyes.
(d) No newcomer has ever appeared in the village.

12. What is NOT one of the items Claire takes with her when she climbs out?
(a) A water gourd.
(b) Yellow-wing.
(c) A knife.
(d) A rope.

13. One village legend says that when Tall Andras had come upon Claire, he had uttered what one word aloud?
(a) Mine.
(b) Her.
(c) Girl.
(d) Yes.

14. What item does Claire inadvertently lose during her climb out?
(a) The rock for signalling Einar.
(b) The herb salve.
(c) The water gourd.
(d) One glove.

15. What is the most severe injury Claire receives as a result of the bird attack?
(a) A gash in her arm that reaches the bone.
(b) An eye swollen shut.
(c) A cut on her neck.
(d) A broken arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason had Einar's father given him for taking Einar back into his own home?

2. How old had Old Benedikt and Alys been the first time they danced?

3. In what material does Alys wrap Claire after rubbing her dry with a rough cloth?

4. When Claire tells Einar that she wants to climb out, what is his first reply?

5. When Claire feels she has mastered the running of the hillside path, what does Einar do to make the task more difficult?

(see the answer keys)

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