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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. How does Elspeth spar?
(a) With vigor.
(b) Clumsily.
(c) Apathetically.
(d) Gracefully.

2. What is Talia's reputation among the other Heralds?
(a) As being sweet and simple.
(b) As a rigid strict disciplinarian.
(c) As a shirker.
(d) As one who lets others make her decisions.

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

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

5. For what does Talia petition Selenay?
(a) To enter a new trainee into the Collegium.
(b) To be released from her duties for a month.
(c) To be allowed to train as a healer for several months.
(d) To be allowed to go see her father who his dying.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is it important for a Herald to be present in the Northern Borders?

3. Who knocks on Kris' door in the late evening?

4. About what does Kris ask Talia?

5. About what does Kris agonize as he and Talia travel North?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is escorting Talia to the investiture and why is Talia happy about that?

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

3. Why are Talia and Kris being sent to the Northern border?

4. What concerns Talia about Elspeth?

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

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

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

8. What ceremony do the villagers want the Heralds to witness and how does it proceed?

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

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

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