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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 instruments did Menolly play?

2. Who was the girl who had become outranked by Menolly's presence?

3. What was Master Shonagar mad at Piemur for?

4. How were girls treated at the Harper Hall?

5. What was the major social blunder that Menolly did?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were the other girls mad at Menolly?

2. What was the positive outcome to Pona's vicious attack on Menolly behind her back?

3. Why did Menolly berate herself in her previous Hold?

4. What are the two possible ways Camo could react to Piemur feeding the fire lizards?

5. How did the boys at the Harper Hall act differently from those at the Half Sea Hold?

6. Why was everyone shocked that Menolly had Impressed nine fire lizards?

7. Why would the fire lizards eat pretty much any time?

8. Who is Master Harper Robinton the son of, and why did this surprise Menolly?

9. Why did Menolly find little to criticize in the fire lizards' singing?

10. Why did Menolly wish that she could go between?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Robinton react to the hatching of his fire lizard? What did he learn from it, and how could it pose as a great boon to him? How is this a whole new world for him, and yet how can it serve him within the confines of Masterharper?

Essay Topic 2

Describe how Menolly may have fared had she not had her fire lizards. How are they a background force that help Menolly to succeed within the Harper Craft Hall?

Essay Topic 3

Menolly uses music not as a hobby but a way of life. How is it essential to her being? How would she fare without the influence of music in her life? What might have happened to her if she would have remained at the Half Circle Hold?

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