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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fitz realize about his life?
(a) He is once again a pawn.
(b) It is probably not going to be a long one.
(c) He will be free once they find Verity.
(d) He is finally free and can do what he wants.

2. Of what does the narrator write?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) Treachery among family members.
(c) Diplomacy and the art of knowing an enemy's secrets.
(d) False pride.

3. What does Fitz do in response to Chade's request?
(a) Try to obey him.
(b) Tell him to do it himself.
(c) Refuse and keep writing.
(d) Run away.

4. Why can't the group move off the road?
(a) Because of a warning given to them by a seer.
(b) Because they do not know which way to go.
(c) Because the vegetation is too thick.
(d) Because of a blizzard.

5. Who does Fitz dream of in the night at the end of chapter 14?
(a) His father.
(b) Molly.
(c) Verity.
(d) Regal.

6. Who is searching for Fitz while he is in the barn?
(a) Chade.
(b) Verity.
(c) Kettricken.
(d) Will.

7. What is the concept of the ruler and sacrifice?
(a) The ruler must sometimes choose a loved one to sacrifice for the greater good.
(b) The ruler sacrifices their own dreams and lives for the good of the people.
(c) The ruler must sacrifice his/her people when necessary to continue the kingdom.
(d) The ruler cannot sacrifice his/her well being since all need the ruler.

8. What do the minstrels have to do with the history of the lands?
(a) They record it in writing, making books.
(b) Nothing.
(c) They serve as the oral history.
(d) They pass on information to everyone.

9. What does Fitz pretend to be to get into Regal's bedchamber before the ball?
(a) A tailor's apprentice.
(b) A shoemaker.
(c) A minstrel.
(d) A chef.

10. Who saves Fitz when he is attacked in his mind by someone wielding the Skill?
(a) Molly.
(b) Verity.
(c) Chade.
(d) Nighteyes.

11. What is Regal's message to the Mountain King?
(a) A demand to hand over Fitz.
(b) A demand to hand over Verity.
(c) A demand to hand over Kettricken.
(d) To safeguard the Queen.

12. Who does Kettricken find?
(a) Verity.
(b) Starling.
(c) Verity's guard.
(d) Fitz.

13. Why was Kettle exiled from her home?
(a) She has the wit.
(b) She refuses to marry a man whom her father picked out.
(c) She skill-dueled a member of her coterie long ago and killed her.
(d) She kills a man who is casting glamours over the women of the town.

14. How do the citizens of the Six Duchies view minstrels?
(a) With respect.
(b) With fear.
(c) With condescension.
(d) With laughter.

15. What do Fitz and Nighteyes do after the fight with the Forged Ones?
(a) Fortify their cabin.
(b) Leave.
(c) Find a weapons master to buy a sword.
(d) Go hunting.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom was Fitz's soul entrusted when he died?

2. What does the magic of the Wit enable a person to do?

3. What does Fitz say Regal did to him?

4. Why do the people from the Red Ships make Forged Ones?

5. How does the road on which they travel affect Fitz?

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