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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Talia inspect?
(a) Elspeth's new sword routine.
(b) Dirk's new sword.
(c) Rolan's equipment.
(d) Kris' owl he is whittling.

2. What protects the Northern Border from trouble?
(a) A wide, trecherous river.
(b) A series of forts.
(c) A sheer cliff that runs for miles along the border.
(d) The Forest of Sorrows.

3. Where do Kris and Dirk take Talia?
(a) To sword practice.
(b) To the tailor's.
(c) To confer with the Council.
(d) To order supplies.

4. Who hires assassins to kill King Sendar?
(a) Karse.
(b) A rogue Herald.
(c) A rogue Companion.
(d) Velgarth.

5. Why are Talia's concerns about Lord Orthallan vague?
(a) She is only reading him empathically and has no concrete facts.
(b) She just met him the day of Selenay's announcement.
(c) He has the ability to block his mind.
(d) He is also an empath and can send out false emotions.

6. Why does Talia choose an apartment at the top of the tower?
(a) To have a view of the river valley.
(b) So she can receive the courier pigeons.
(c) To get more exercise going to and from her place.
(d) Because of her gift of empathy.

7. What does Alberich do when he beats Talia at fighting practice?
(a) Stabs her superficially.
(b) Yells at her rudely.
(c) Mocks her.
(d) Slaps her on the leg with the flat of his sword.

8. What news do Keren and Sherrill give Talia?
(a) She has received the Badge of the Sword award.
(b) Talia's father is there to reconcile with her.
(c) She has been voted into full Herald status.
(d) Talia's sister has been chosen as a healer in training.

9. What is one thing Talia does at court each day?
(a) Confer with Lord Caris.
(b) Confer with the Seneschal.
(c) Teach Elspeth rules of succession.
(d) Debate rules of protocol.

10. About what does Kris ask Talia?
(a) About what she wants in her life.
(b) Her gift.
(c) Whether she loves Dirk.
(d) When she is Chosen.

11. Where is the formal investiture to take place?
(a) The palace ball room.
(b) The great hall.
(c) The cathedral.
(d) The auditorium.

12. Who must always be a Herald?
(a) No one.
(b) One child of an existing Herald.
(c) The Monarch.
(d) The Chamberlain.

13. Who is Talamir?
(a) The Rogue Herald who kills King Sendar.
(b) The Queen's own to Selaney.
(c) The assassin hired by Karse.
(d) The assassin hired by Velgarth.

14. Who chooses a new Queen's Own?
(a) Rolan.
(b) Selenay.
(c) Sendar.
(d) Elsbeth.

15. What do Kris and Talia need to be careful to do?
(a) Send pigeons off regularly.
(b) Write in their journal every night.
(c) Make the people believe in their impartiality.
(d) Give the appearance of respectibility.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has to pay for fence repairs?

2. Where does Dirk say many of the Heralds are going when they slip out of the palace during the festivities?

3. What does Talia have Elspeth do?

4. What does Kyril think will work to Talia's advantage?

5. What meanings does Kyril explain to Talia?

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