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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. What is wrong with the meat served to Lanik by the slavers?

2. How does the Family first receive regenerative powers?

3. What do the boat owners decide to do with Lanik?

4. How does Lanik get the knife he uses during his escape?

5. How does Lanik escape from prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lanik not sever his thumbs in order to escape the cruel bonds?

2. What does Lanik figure out while he is being held below deck on the slave ship?

3. After escaping the castle, what does Lanik learn about his double?

4. Why do the captain and crew eventually beg Lanik for mercy?

5. When Lanik stays in an inn, he realizes just how great the poverty is in this land. How does he realize the extent of the poverty?

6. What has the old soldier done to disrupt the trade involving the radical regeneratives?

7. Why does Lanik claim to be from the land of Bird?

8. How does Lanik escape from his prison high in the trees?

9. The group of men in the desert "heals" Lanik. What is the result of the group's healing?

10. What does the old soldier hope that Lanik will learn from the books the soldier has?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characteristics and roles of the Andersons and the Schwartzes in the story.

Essay Topic 2

Lanik has the opportunity to experience life in the country of his birth, and life in the country of his choosing.

a. Compare and contrast the living conditions in Mueller versus the living conditions in Britton. Include inhabitants, living conditions, pace of life, opportunities, and attitudes in your answer.

b. What are the biggest differences to Lanik between Mueller and Britton?

c. What, if anything, does Lanik like about Mueller?

d. What, if anything, does Lanik wish would change in Britton?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Lanik and Ensel Mueller.

a. How are the two characters similar? How are they different?

b. Compare the role of relationships in each of their lives. How was each character affected by his relationships - both positively and negatively?

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