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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. What are Companions?
2. What happens to Elspeth?
3. What troubles Kris about his Companion?
4. Who hires assassins to kill King Sendar?
5. What does Talia inspect?
Short Essay Questions
1. What ceremony do the villagers want the Heralds to witness and how does it proceed?
2. What demonstrates the egalitarian nature of the Heralds?
3. What news does Talia get that afternoon and who delivers the news?
4. Where do Kris and Dirk take Talia after she checks Rolan's equipment?
5. Who is escorting Talia to the investiture and why is Talia happy about that?
6. Why do the Council meetings disturb Talia?
7. What is the worse mistake that the Queen's Own, Talamir, makes?
8. What does Talia see when she wakes in the middle of the night?
9. How does Talia adjudicate her first case?
10. What do Heralds do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When one reads any novel (or anything at all), one brings everything from one's own past and present to the novel and in how one responds to what s/he is reading. Discuss the following:
1. How influential do you think a reader's own emotions, education, ideas and experiences influence how the reader responds to a work of fiction?
2. What about your life do you think influences you in reading Arrow's Flight? How does it influence you?
3. Do you think there is only one interpretation for any book? Discuss fully your response.
4. Do you think fiction can precipitate change in a reader? Is the change usually temporary or long lasting? Discuss your response thoroughly.
Essay Topic 2
Talia is raised in a very strict group of people, who have rigid roles for men and women. Discuss the following:
1. From what you read in the Prologue, and what Talia reveals throughout the book, compare and contrast the differences between Talia's life as a child to the age of 13 and her life now.
2. In what ways do you think Talia's upbringing still influences her choices and responses in her life at this time? Be specific with examples.
3. Compare/contrast the roles of women and men from Talia's childhood to the life she leads now.
4. Which society is closest to how you were raised and/or are living? Discuss thoroughly.
Essay Topic 3
Many novels, and perhaps a majority, of novels end on a happy note. Discuss the following:
1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?
2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Arrow's Flight and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Arrow's Flight is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.
3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?
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