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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 is the Queen or King's own?

2. What does Talia face at the opening to this book?

3. What does Selenay do after dinner?

4. What does Alberich do when he beats Talia at fighting practice?

5. At what age do females in the Holderkin take a vow of chastity or marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to humans during the Sorcerous Wars?

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

5. Describe the interaction between Kris and his uncle.

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

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

8. What demonstrates the egalitarian nature of the Heralds?

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

10. Why is Talia not prepared to perform as a Herald, but what in her background helps her deal with Elspeth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Whenever reading a fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains a different world. In the case of Arrow's Flight, much of the setting would be familiar to the reader, though there are new ideas and terms to learn. Discuss the following:

1. Find five terms that are a part of Talia's world that occur in the "real" world but are used differently in Talia's world. Define the words as used in in Talia's world and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.

2. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of Arrow's Flight. Did you have to look up any words? What does it mean to learn a word through its context? Do you have to do that in Arrow's Flight? What word(s)?

3. Were there any words you never really understood in Arrow's Flight? Which ones?

Essay Topic 2

Arrow's Flight belongs to the literary genre of fantasy fiction. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly define the term genre and offer examples of it from your own reading experience. Why do you think it is useful to categorize fiction into genres? What could be a disadvantage of doing so?

2. What do you think is the main motivation for a person to read a fantasy novel? Is entertainment a good enough reason? Are there any other reasons to read this genre? What? Explain fully.

3. In "academe," fantasy novels are often thought of as less literary than some other genres and for that reason are sometimes "snubbed" in the study of literature. Why do you think this is so? Do you agree with this "snobbery"?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss Arrow's Flight based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Arrow's Flight is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the fact that Arrow's Flight is a novel in a series changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? What about the fact that it is a fantasy novel? Explain.

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