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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 awaits Talia the next morning?
2. Why does Talia continually try to exhaust herself?
3. What surprises Kris about Talia?
4. What is Talia's main feeling for Kris?
5. Why does Lord Orthallen hate Midwinter?
Short Essay Questions
1. After Kris falls asleep, what does Talia think about concerning Dirk and love?
2. Why does Talia ask Kris to go someplace and what is Tantris' interpretation of the forest's reaction to Talia?
3. What happens while Kris and Talia are dreaming in the Waystation?
4. Why do Kris and Talia increase their pace when they are approaching a tiny hamlet near the Border?
5. What is a struggle for Kris as far as his interaction with Talia?
6. How does Kris' attempts to comfort Talia go further than either intends?
7. What is it like outside when Talia and Kris awaken in the morning after moving their supplies inside?
8. Describe the confrontation between Kris and Talia as they finally reach the road after clearing a path from the Waystation.
9. What turns out to be the reason that Talia can not sense any people in the village near the Border and what do the two Heralds do?
10. What causes an emotional outburst once Kris and Talia are settled into the Waystation?
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
Discuss the following:
1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?
2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Arrow's Flight, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?
3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements (They may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not. Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not.
Essay Topic 3
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?
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