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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises Talia at the one of the shelters?
(a) Finding a female guard.
(b) That Rolan knows so much about her already.
(c) That Rolan seems to know the male guard at the next shelter.
(d) That there are two young boys on white horses.

2. What shocks Talia about what the wives tell her?
(a) That she is to leave the community and travel to the queen's city.
(b) That she is to take over as head ostler.
(c) That she is to enter the priestess vocation.
(d) That she is to choose a husband.

3. What incidences increase?
(a) The bullying of some towards Talia.
(b) Talia's abillity to hear specific thoughts from Rolan.
(c) Talia's times when she is able to read the Queen's mind.
(d) Talia's ability to understand complex ideas.

4. What is another name for Heralds?
(a) Arrows of the Queen.
(b) Eyes of the Queen.
(c) Hands of the Queen.
(d) Arrows of Light.

5. Why is Keldar angry?
(a) Because Talia's brother refuses to go to war.
(b) Because Talia is different.
(c) Because Keldar's oldest son is passed over for knighthood.
(d) Because her husband just took another wife.

6. What does Talia complete in the next few days?
(a) A painting of Rolan.
(b) A map of her area of the country.
(c) Her journal about her life in the Holding.
(d) Her orientation training.

7. What is special about the day that Keldar calls Talia?
(a) It is the day Talia's mother died.
(b) It is Talia's oldest brother's birthday.
(c) It is the first day of Spring.
(d) It is Talia's birthday.

8. What will be one of Talia's jobs as the Queen's Own?
(a) Interviewing those who want to be Heralds.
(b) Caring for the Queen's companion.
(c) Overseeing the tax collectioins.
(d) Taming the spoiled princess.

9. What book is Talia reading at the opening of Chapter 1?
(a) A book about heralds and companions.
(b) A book about an enchanted princess.
(c) A book about knights.
(d) She cannot read.

10. Who is the older woman who enters Talia's room?
(a) The Captain of the Heralds.
(b) The Queen.
(c) The King's soon-to-be wife.
(d) The Herald's training commander.

11. How does the last Queen's own die?
(a) Poison.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Plague.
(d) Old age.

12. What sounds automatically when a Herald is killed?
(a) The Death Thunder.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The Death Bell.
(d) The Wind Gong.

13. What does Talia hope for when she returns the horse?
(a) She will meet a wonderful man who will marry her.
(b) She will be offered a position in the holding where the horse belongs.
(c) She will be allowed to be the horse's groom.
(d) She will be given some money so she can be independent.

14. What is a Holding?
(a) The jewels and money of a noble.
(b) The hand a card dealer keeps.
(c) A community of people, on the outer edge of the Kingdom.
(d) The crown's possessions.

15. What are the Blues?
(a) A state of mind a Herald gets when the bell sounds.
(b) Students who are unaffiliated with any guild but are attending classes.
(c) The dress uniform of the Herald.
(d) A state of mind a Herald gets when the gong sounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the guards react to Talia riding in on Rolan at the shelters?

2. What does Talia name the horse?

3. Why does Keldar call Talia?

4. What is one thing that is a constant threat to Heralds?

5. Who is Skif?

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