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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 Kris admit about his uncle?

2. About what does Kris worry regarding Talia?

3. What does Kris explain to Talia?

4. What becomes a reflex due to Kris' continual drilling?

5. What does Kris hear in his dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the confrontation between Kris and Talia as they finally reach the road after clearing a path from the Waystation.

2. Why does Talia want to weep as she is around the people of Berrbay?

3. What is the situation with an older, rich couple and their sewing maid?

4. What does Kris ask of Talia now that her internship is half over?

5. What happens while Kris and Talia are dreaming in the Waystation?

6. Why do Kris and Talia increase their pace when they are approaching a tiny hamlet near the Border?

7. What two concepts does Talia begin to learn in order to control her gift?

8. Describe the conversation between Kris and Talia about Lord Orthallen.

9. How is Kris protective of Dirk and how does Kris' relationship with Talia cause Kris anxiety because of his friendship with Dirk?

10. Why does Talia ask Kris to go someplace and what is Tantris' interpretation of the forest's reaction to Talia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In most fiction, readers would like all the loose ends to be neatly "tied up." Discuss the following:

1. Do you think Arrow's Flight is successful as a fantasy novel? Why or why not.

2. What about this book would motivate you to read another of Mercedes Lackey's Herald and Companion series? What would discourage you from doing so?

3. Were all the "loose ends" satisfactorily settled for you? Why or why not.

4. Do you think that a reader expects that not all loose ends are tied up in a book in a series, unless it's the last book?

Essay Topic 2

The social mores of Valdemar have some similarities to that of the general culture of the United States and some differences. Discuss the following:

1. Define the term mores and give examples of it from your own life.

2. Write a comparison/contrast essay of the cultural mores of Valdemar compared to those of your own culture.

3. Do you think it is harmful for young people to read novels that contain contrasting or contradictory ideas from those in which the young people are raised? Discuss thoroughly.

4. Many books over the years have been banned (and consequently unbanned) in the United States because of their controversial ideas or behaviors of the characters. Do you think a book such as Arrow's Flight, with it's more liberal sexual mores, would have been banned had it been published in the 1950's? Discuss thoroughly.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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