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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Kris feel towards Talia?
(a) He approves of her actions so far.
(b) He is dismayed by her abruptness to people.
(c) He is disappointed in her performance so far.
(d) He is angry that she did not take his advice in one case.

3. What is the Hand of Fate?
(a) When someone is "touched" by the oracle.
(b) The way a Herald is chosen.
(c) Shooting two arrows in the air to determine a boundary.
(d) The way the future is cast by use of hand shaped die.

4. About what does Talia chide Kris?
(a) For thinking of her as a woman rather than a Herald.
(b) For putting his bedroll outside to give her privacy.
(c) For taking so much time to bathe.
(d) For cleaning her tack instead of letting her do it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who must always be a Herald?

2. What does Talia see when she wakes and looks out the window?

3. Who chooses a new Queen's Own?

4. With whom is Selenay working when Talia arrives at the palace?

5. Where will Kris and Talia stay when they arrive at their assigned sectors?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kris explain his relationship with Dirk and what he hopes Dirk will find?

2. What concerns Talia about Elspeth?

3. Describe the teasing Talia receives about her possible romantic involvements.

4. Why does Talia decide to take an apartment at the top of the tower?

5. How does Talia try to appear during the ceremony and how does she try to help Elspeth?

6. How does Talia feel as they approach the first village and why does she feel that way?

7. What happens to humans during the Sorcerous Wars?

8. Where do Kris and Dirk take Talia after she checks Rolan's equipment?

9. What is the worse mistake that the Queen's Own, Talamir, makes?

10. What starts Kris and Talia's journey off a little roughly?

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