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

2. What happens to Elspeth?
(a) She is chosen by Gwena.
(b) She is chosen by Sedarth.
(c) She is attacked by a man in a mask.
(d) She gets in a fight with Skif.

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

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

5. What insures that there is always at least one person the Monarch can trust?
(a) The magically talisman that guides the monarch to choose a Herald.
(b) Having a special companion that never ages.
(c) A special ring that one person wears that changes colors if a lie is told.
(d) There is no way to be absolutely certain anyone is trustworthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What troubles Kris about his Companion?

2. Who must always be a Herald?

3. Who chooses a new Queen's Own?

4. Where do Kris and Dirk take Talia?

5. Who escorts Talia to the palace?

Short Essay Questions

1. What demonstrates the egalitarian nature of the Heralds?

2. What does the reader learn about Talia's life as a child and what Queen Selenay does after hearing the same information?

3. What concerns Talia about Elspeth?

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

5. What do Heralds do?

6. What is unique about a horse-like animal in Valdemar?

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

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

9. What does Talia see when she wakes in the middle of the night?

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

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