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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 do Kahlan and Richard intend to do?

2. What did Margret see about a Mother Confessor?

3. What does Jedidiah do to Sister Margret?

4. To what does Verna compare Richard?

5. What type of position does Kahlan have in the Midlands?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Zedd tell his two companions to do about the screeling?

2. What does Richard do and what does Kahlan do when the last sister comes and offers Richard the collar?

3. How did Richard get away from the Mord-Sith collar, how are Mord-Siths created and how strongly does Richard feel about ever wearing another collar?

4. What do Zedd and Chase do about the screeling?

5. What attacks Richard and what does he do with it?

6. What does Richard see while in the Valley of the Lost, what happens to Verna, how does Richard deal with it and what is her reaction?

7. What does Kahlan and Chandalen figure out after they search her sister's castle to try and find her body?

8. What does Richard tell Kahlan about why he won't wear a collar?

9. What happens to Zedd and Addie as they are trying to decide what to do?

10. What is Sister Margret doing in Chapter 20 and what happens with her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Richard is having a difficult time accepting his magic. Magic is a part of almost all fantasy books.

1. Discuss the advantages a person might have if he or she was able to use magic. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. What types of immoral uses might an unscrupulous person do with magic? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. If magic existed in the United States in the 21st. century what types of laws and regulations do you think would arise surrounding its use?

Essay Topic 2

In Stone of Tears and indeed in many fantasy novels, there are usually at least several individuals or more who have an almost fanatical devotion to a king or queen or royalty. Richard has these types of individuals around him also.

1. Do you believe such devotion is a sign that a person lacks character? Why or why not? Use examples to support your answer.

2. Discuss the harmful and beneficial effects of devotion to one's leader. Use examples to support your answer.

3. Do you think in modern America such dedication to the President of the United States would be very unusual? Why or why not? Use examples to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Sister Verna continues to talk to Richard of different prophecies with Richard telling her that he doesn't understand such riddles and seemingly doesn't believe in them. Yet, Richard begins to lean very heavily on the prophecies and believe in them more and more as the story continues.

1. Trace and analyze the occurrences of prophesy in Stone of Tears.

2. Many fantasy novels include some "prophesy" in their storyline. Why do you think this is?

3. Do you think Richard knowing about the prophesies about him will help him? How could it hinder him?

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