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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What item does Alys remove from the bottom of her trunk so that Claire may smell its scent?
(a) A bouquet of chrysanthemums.
(b) A bouquet of beach roses.
(c) A bouquet of dandelions.
(d) A bouquet of sunflowers.

2. When Claire arrives, how old is Einar, the villager who tried to leave the village, but failed?
(a) 12.
(b) 22.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

3. What do the villagers call the act of leaving the village?
(a) Self-exile.
(b) Exiting.
(c) Climbing out.
(d) Quitting.

4. For how many years does Clare train with Einar before she climbs out?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

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

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

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

8. What object does Claire use for her stair-stepping exercises?
(a) A rock.
(b) A log.
(c) Alys's porch.
(d) A stump.

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

10. What job does Einar perform after his attempt to leave the village ends in failure?
(a) Weaver.
(b) Shepherd.
(c) Veterinarian.
(d) Fisherman.

11. For what has Alys always yearned?
(a) A daughter.
(b) A son.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A cat.

12. What gift does Einar give to Claire once she is well enough to receive gifts?
(a) A kitten.
(b) A basket of raspberries.
(c) A rosebush.
(d) A straw hat.

13. What objects does Claire use to stop the bleeding of her wound?
(a) Her shirt and herb salve.
(b) Rope and a strip of leather.
(c) A strip of leather, some seaweed, and her signalling rock.
(d) Herb salve and leaves.

14. To whom does Einar's father send Einar when his arm is broken after his fall from the fishing boat's mast?
(a) Old Benedikt.
(b) Alys.
(c) Claire.
(d) Bryn.

15. What activity does Einar teach Claire how to do with a rope?
(a) To secure her position on the cliff.
(b) To lasso objects.
(c) To construct a hammock.
(d) To tie different types of knots.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Einar mean when he tells Claire that he had been a wife to his father "in other ways too terrible to mention"? (206).

2. What is the most severe injury Claire receives as a result of the bird attack?

3. What quality of the villagers' discovery of Claire is one they have never experienced before?

4. What does Alys feed Claire upon Claire's arrival in the village?

5. For how long had Einar trained his body before his climb out of the village?

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