3. From where is the new Queen's own?
(a) The merchant class of the city.
(b) The Queen's servant staff.
(c) A puritanical border group.
(d) One of the scholars in the university library.

4. What questions do Kris and Talia answer at the village where they sleep for the first night?
(a) Questions about the heir.
(b) Questions about the new tax laws.
(c) Questions about Selenay's upcoming marriage.
(d) Questions about the new Queen's own.

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

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

7. Who is Elspeth?
(a) A witch who gave a bad oracle reading.
(b) Rolan's Herald.
(c) Selenay's Companion.
(d) Selenay's spoiled child.

8. Where does Talia find Kris?
(a) Conferring with Selenay.
(b) Helping Kyril pack his bags.
(c) In the tack shed with Dirk.
(d) Packing his bags in his room.

9. What is one rumor about Talia and Elspeth?
(a) There are no rumors about them.
(b) That Elspeth has said she wants nothing to do with Talia.
(c) That Talia has used her talent to create an unnatural dependence in the Heir.
(d) That Talia has encouraged Elspeth to abdicate.

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

11. Where will Kris and Talia stay when they arrive at their assigned sectors?
(a) They will stay in Talia's home.
(b) They will stay at a border fort.
(c) They will rotate among the homes of the towns.
(d) In the waystations.

12. About what do some villagers demand justice?
(a) An argument about a horse and its offspring.
(b) The offspring of a cow and bull.
(c) An argument about the allocations of grain for the Queen's taxes.
(d) An argument between an apprentice and his employer.

13. About what does Dirk tease Talia?
(a) That Kris will seduce Talia.
(b) That Elspeth is like a younger Talia.
(c) That her upcoming internship will be a vacation compared to the work she's been doing here.
(d) That the Queen is old enough to be Talia's mother.

14. About what does Lord Orthallen seem displeased?
(a) That Selenay is not ready to announce her heir.
(b) That Talia is going on an internship.
(c) That Elspeth is being transferred to the Collegium.
(d) That Elspeth has been chosen.

15. Who knocks on Kris' door in the late evening?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His lover.