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The Blue Sword | Quiz

Robin McKinley
This Study Guide consists of approximately 68 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Blue Sword.

The Blue Sword | Quiz

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1)

What does Harry see immediately after drinking the Water of Sight? (from Chapter Five and Chapter Six)

Sir Charles' Residency.
Her home in the forest.
The oceans.
A grassland and mountains.
2)

What does Aerin tell Harry? (from Chapter Fifteen through Chapter Seventeen)

That her great-grandmother is there.
That Corlath is waiting for her.
That Richard is not her brother.
That Corlath is now her enemy.
3)

Why do Harry and Mathin leave camp at dawn? (from Chapter Seven and Chapter Eight)

To begin her training.
To take a hike.
To locate water.
To watch the sunrise.
4)

What does Corlath hope as he looks down on a sleeping Harry? (from Chapter Five and Chapter Six)

That she will be able to be returned to her people.
That she is strong enough to stay with them.
That she will not die young.
That she will learn to love the HIlls.
5)

How many ways does Mathin show her to make fire? (from Chapter Seven and Chapter Eight)

Two.
One.
Three.
None.
6)

What is Harry going to be doing according to Corlath? (from Chapter Nine and Chapter Ten)

Breeding strong babies.
Fight the Northerners.
Fight the Southerners.
Training his military forces.
7)

What do Jack and others find when they climb the mountain? (from Chapter Fifteen through Chapter Seventeen)

Harry under a huge rock.
Harry weeping.
Nothing.
Harry crumpled in a clearing.
8)

Why does Corlath want to keep Harry's sash? (from Chapter Fifteen through Chapter Seventeen)

To keep her from leaving again.
As a reminder of his misplaced faith.
As a marriage promise.
As a reminder of her loyalty to him.
9)

What does Laprun-minta mean? (from Chapter Nine and Chapter Ten)

The one who comes before.
The annoited one.
First above the standard.
First in the trials.
10)

Who wakes Harry in the night? (from Chapter Seven and Chapter Eight)

Lady Aerin.
Corlath.
Narknon.
Mathin.
11)

What does Harry ask of the Outlanders? (from Chapter Thirteen)

To allow Corlath's army passage.
To join Corlath's army in the invasion in the South.
To help them protect the southwest pass.
To help them protect the northwest pass.
12)

How is Harry initiated into the Riders? (from Chapter Nine and Chapter Ten)

By slicing her hand.
By cutting off a small piece of her ear.
By swearing an oath.
By cutting off a small piece of her pinky finger on the right hand.
13)

What is the name of Corlath's interpreter? (from Chapter Seven and Chapter Eight)

Nesbik.
Forloy.
Rabgin.
Theron.
14)

Who is Kentarre's clan? (from Chapter Fourteen)

The filanon.
The monen.
Corlath's.
She has no clan.
15)

What is waiting for Harry when she wakes in the morning? (from Chapter Five and Chapter Six)

A sword.
A book of Darian language.
Nothing.
New boots.
16)

What happens when Harry and the others arrive at the gate? (from Chapter Thirteen)

It is closed.
They are told the commander is out scouting.
They are shot at.
Someone opens the gate.
17)

Who is Kentarre? (from Chapter Fourteen)

An archer who comes from the woods to talk to Harry.
Harry's sister-in-law.
A wise woman who is very strong in kelar.
Harry's old nursemaid.
18)

Who can overcome the feelings from Luthe's lands? (from Chapter Eleven and Chapter Twelve)

No one.
Those with strong intentions.
Those with strong kelar.
Those with pure hearts.
19)

What does Harry realize about Jack and the rest of his men? (from Chapter Fifteen through Chapter Seventeen)

They are all dead except 3.
They violated their regulations.
They are almost all alive.
They have left.
20)

What does Corlath ask Harry? (from Chapter Fifteen through Chapter Seventeen)

If she is harmed.
If she still is of the Hills.
If she is coming to join him or fight him.
If she forgot something when she left his camp.
21)

What surprises Innath? (from Chapter Nine and Chapter Ten)

The number of women who are in charge.
The quietness of the city.
The noise of the city.
The lack of wood structures in the city.
22)

What has Harry left behind at Corlath's camp? (from Chapter Eleven and Chapter Twelve)

Her torn sash.
Her gold bracelet.
A note.
Her gold circlet.
23)

What does Harry see as she touches the thing brought out to the Riders? (from Chapter Nine and Chapter Ten)

Her horse with a rider that Harry does not know running from battle.
Her horse with no rider running around in circles.
Her horse with a rider holding a white flag.
Her horse with a rider holding a red flag.
24)

Who is Tom Lloyd? (from Chapter Thirteen)

An old friend of Mathin's.
One of the men with Harry.
The guard on duty.
The commander of the Outlanders.
25)

What does Corlath say Harry's vision might be? (from Chapter Five and Chapter Six)

A vision of the future.
A vision of the past.
A hallucination from being drunk.
A vision of what she might want.
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