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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. In what town are Kris and Talia staying?
2. What does Talia say she could easily do concerning Kris?
3. What does Kris realize about Talia's feelings towards Dirk?
4. What can Companions do to help Talia?
5. Why does Talia have a scar on her hand?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Kris' attempts to comfort Talia go further than either intends?
2. Why does Talia want to weep as she is around the people of Berrbay?
3. What happens while Kris and Talia are dreaming in the Waystation?
4. After Kris falls asleep, what does Talia think about concerning Dirk and love?
5. Describe the confrontation between Kris and Talia as they finally reach the road after clearing a path from the Waystation.
6. Why does Talia ask Kris to go someplace and what is Tantris' interpretation of the forest's reaction to Talia?
7. How is Kris protective of Dirk and how does Kris' relationship with Talia cause Kris anxiety because of his friendship with Dirk?
8. What does Kris ask of Talia now that her internship is half over?
9. What news does Skif bring from the city?
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
Arrow's Flight is one book in a series of novels involving Heralds and Companions. Discuss the following.
1. What are a couple advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters and/or setting? Use examples.
2. What are a couple disadvantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters and/or setting? Use examples.
3. Do you prefer to read a standalone book, or a series of books with the same main characters? Explain your response.
4. Do you think it is easier or more difficult (or about the same) to write a standalone book versus one in a series? Explain your answer.
Essay Topic 2
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.
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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