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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 in the package Dirk sends Talia?
2. How does Talia act on the way to the Border?
3. What happens when Kris tries to comfort Talia?
4. What does Kris realize about Talia's feelings towards Dirk?
5. What is one rumor floating around about Elspeth?
Short Essay Questions
1. What news does Skif bring from the city?
2. Why does Talia want to weep as she is around the people of Berrbay?
3. What does Talia do for the Weatherwitch?
4. What two concepts does Talia begin to learn in order to control her gift?
5. What does Kris ask of Talia now that her internship is half over?
6. What do Kris and Talia learn about the Companions that starts Talia into training to control her gift?
7. Why does Talia ask Kris to go someplace and what is Tantris' interpretation of the forest's reaction to Talia?
8. Why do Kris and Talia increase their pace when they are approaching a tiny hamlet near the Border?
9. What causes an emotional outburst once Kris and Talia are settled into the Waystation?
10. Describe the confrontation between Kris and Talia as they finally reach the road after clearing a path from the Waystation.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mercedes lackey is one of the most prolific writers of Fantasy in our time. It is useful to know about her not just because she authored Arrow's Flight, but because her authorial life is quite astounding. Discuss the following:
1. Research Lackey and write a brief biography of her.
2. What do you find to be most impressive about Lackey?
3. What do you think is Lackey's greatest accomplishment?
4. If you were told that you had to write the number of books Lackey has written (the number of which you should ascertain in your research), how would you respond?
Essay Topic 2
Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast the characters of Talia and Kris. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? How do they compare as to the way they are raised before being chosen? Do you think they will both become good Heralds? Why or why not.Be specific and give examples.
2. Compare/contrast the characters of Talia and Rolan. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character? How do the fact that they are different species influence your response to them?
3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in Arrow's Flight help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the following:
1. Discuss five literary devices that occur in Arrow's Flight and how they are used. Are they effective? Do they add or detract from the reading of the book? Why or why not. Some possible techniques: Allusion, connotation, denouement, dialogue, flashback, figurative language, motif, metaphor, narrator, point of view, simile, mood, and puns.
2. What do you think are the reasons students are encouraged to understand literary devices? Do you think an understanding of the structure of a work of fiction enhances the reading experience? Why or why not?
3. Do you think authors make a conscious effort to include literary devices into their writing? Discuss your answer. Do you think it would be difficult to consciously create metaphor, simile, puns, etc...? Why or why not.
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