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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Keren take Talia?

2. Who hires assassins to kill King Sendar?

3. Why does Kris ask Talia's assistance about the problem in question #93?

4. What questions do Kris and Talia answer at the village where they sleep for the first night?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What occurs at the tack shed after the investiture?

2. What surprise awaits Talia later that day?

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

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

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

6. Who are two essential Heralds?

7. How does Talia's gift cause a little tension between Talia and Kris?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. Does the prologue give the reader enough information about what occurs in the first book of the trilogy in order to get the most out of Arrow's Flight, which is the second book in the series.

2. What questions do you still have about the fantasy world of Valdemar?

3. Do your questions motivate you to read the first and third books of the trilogy? Why or why not.

4. Do you think that read just one book in a trilogy is a waste of time? Why or why not.

Essay Topic 2

Many readers of a book such as Arrow's Flight place themselves in the position of someone like Talia, wondering about what their response would be in a similar situation. Discuss the following:

1. Do you think one of the values of literature is to serve as a reflection of oneself? Why or why not?

2. Socrates said "Know thyself." How can reading a book such as Arrow's Flight help a reader to know him/herself? Do you find yourself reflecting on your own character and abilities when reading Arrow's Flight? Why or why not.

3. Choose one specific incident to discuss and compare Talia's response to how you think you would respond.

Essay Topic 3

In most fiction, readers would like all the loose ends to be neatly "tied up." Discuss the following:

1. Do you think Arrow's Flight is successful as a fantasy novel? Why or why not.

2. What about this book would motivate you to read another of Mercedes Lackey's Herald and Companion series? What would discourage you from doing so?

3. Were all the "loose ends" satisfactorily settled for you? Why or why not.

4. Do you think that a reader expects that not all loose ends are tied up in a book in a series, unless it's the last book?

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