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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 does one tree do in the windstorm?
2. How long do they think they might be snowed in?
3. What can Companions do to help Talia?
4. What does Kris explain to Talia?
5. What does Talia worry about as far as Kris is concerned?
Short Essay Questions
1. What two concepts does Talia begin to learn in order to control her gift?
2. What do Kris and Talia learn about the Companions that starts Talia into training to control her gift?
3. What is it like outside when Talia and Kris awaken in the morning after moving their supplies inside?
4. Why does Talia want to weep as she is around the people of Berrbay?
5. What do Kris and Talia decide to do outside that morning and why does Kris chide Talia as they are working?
6. What causes an emotional outburst once Kris and Talia are settled into the Waystation?
7. 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?
8. Describe the confrontation between Kris and Talia as they finally reach the road after clearing a path from the Waystation.
9. What happens while Kris and Talia are dreaming in the Waystation?
10. Describe the conversation between Kris and Talia about Lord Orthallen.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 3
Arrow's Flight could be said to be a "bildungsroman" of Talia, the main character. Discuss the following:
1. Define the concepts "bildungsroman" and "coming of age."
2. Thoroughly trace and analyze Arrow's Flight as a bildungsroman of Talia. Give specific examples. What does Talia learn? How has she changed? Is the change for the better?
3. Do you think young people in our modern culture go through a coming of age period? Do you think the concept of "coming of age" is inherent in the human experience? Why or why not.
4. Do you think you have lived through a "coming of age" period in your own life? Discuss as thoroughly as you willing to share.
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