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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the Council meetings upsetting to Talia?
(a) There is eroding support for Queen Selenay.
(b) No one seems to want Elspeth to be the next queen.
(c) The participants are afraid of Talia's gift.
(d) The Lords are fighting about giving Talia a title.

2. What does Talia have to memorize?
(a) Complex oaths and bindings.
(b) Her investiture poem that she wrote.
(c) The Queen's right of rule document.
(d) All the anatomical parts of a horse.

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

4. What does Elspeth wonder about Talia?
(a) Why Talia is reluctant to go on her internship.
(b) Who Talia likes romantically.
(c) Why Talia doesn't just change every one's mind by using her gift.
(d) Why Talia continues to train with Alberich.

5. What happens after the formal investiture is complete?
(a) The bards start playing dance music.
(b) The bells in the city ring.
(c) The nobles hand out presents to the commoners.
(d) Their is a magical show.

6. What does Lord Orthallan want Kris to do?
(a) Lay to rest the doubts about Talia and her gifts.
(b) Find out if Talia is a traitor.
(c) Create an accident in which Talia is killed.
(d) Not give Talia enough information to do her job properly, thus making her look incompetent.

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

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

9. What does Dirk have trouble sorting out?
(a) Who goes where in the processional.
(b) Why the nobles are lined up in a strange configuration.
(c) Who is supposed to bow to whom.
(d) His feelings for Talia.

10. What does Kris do to avoid being set upon by the court beauties?
(a) Dances with only a select few.
(b) Offers to play with the bards.
(c) Strikes up a conversation with the Queen.
(d) Goes back to the collegium.

11. Who escorts Talia to the palace?
(a) Dean Elcarth.
(b) Alberich.
(c) Elspeth.
(d) Dirk and Kris.

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

13. What is a Herald?
(a) The human assigned to cull the wolf cubs for companions.
(b) A human that bonds with a companion.
(c) A musically talented male who is in charge of announcing royalty.
(d) A musically talented female who is in charge of announcing royalty.

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

15. What does Kyril make Talia practice for several hours?
(a) Packing her bags and saddling Rolan, all in under two minutes.
(b) The patterns of what he just taught her.
(c) Bowing the proper degrees for various nobles.
(d) Getting on and off Rolan without using her hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wars occurred long ago in Velgarth?

2. How does Talia cheer up Elspeth?

3. What does Talia try to project to Elspeth?

4. Where do the humans flee during the wars of long ago?

5. What does Talia vehemently deny?

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