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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Talia is alone outside, what does she hear?
(a) The ringing of the tower alarm.
(b) The howl of a wolf.
(c) The sound of bells.
(d) The sound of a cat meowing.

2. Who intimidates Talia?
(a) Elspeth.
(b) Alberich.
(c) Selaney.
(d) Sherrill.

3. Who pushes Talia around and is verbally abusive?
(a) Her weapons instructor.
(b) Two boys who were asked to test her mettle.
(c) No one.
(d) Some unaffiliated students.

4. What concerns Elcarth about Talia?
(a) Her lack of propriety.
(b) Her lack of mathematical abilities.
(c) Her fear of horses.
(d) Her fear of men.

5. What is the duty of a herald?
(a) To stand duty in the castle.
(b) To study prophesies.
(c) To dispense justice and disseminate news.
(d) To wait on the queen.

6. Where does Talia sleep on the first night on the road?
(a) In a cave.
(b) In a small shed.
(c) Snuggled up next to the horse.
(d) On the ground in open air.

7. What color are the eyes that are gazing at Talia?
(a) Green.
(b) Gold.
(c) Sapphire.
(d) Yellow.

8. When does Talia spend time with Rolan?
(a) After archery practice.
(b) Not for two weeks since the Queen sends him on a mission.
(c) Three days after Teren speaks to her about her father's note.
(d) After dinner.

9. What special duties does Talia study?
(a) Penmanship.
(b) Caring for Elspeth.
(c) Those of the Monarch's or Queen's Own.
(d) Mind melding.

10. What shocks Talia about the women guards she encounters?
(a) That they serve in the military.
(b) That they treat her as an equal.
(c) That they seem to all know Rolan.
(d) That they seem surprised to find Talia on Rolan, but they do nothing.

11. What is one thing Talia gets during her tour?
(a) Stacks of books.
(b) Uniforms.
(c) A set of horse grooming tools.
(d) A tattoo showing she is a Herald in training.

12. What does Talia wonder when Roland is led away?
(a) If Roland's rider will talk to her.
(b) If Rolan will remember her.
(c) If she'll ever see him again.
(d) If they will force her to return home.

13. What shames Talia about how she is treated by other students?
(a) That she does not understand all the references they make.
(b) That they do not say cruel things to other students.
(c) That what they are saying might be true.
(d) That they say things in front of students who had liked her.

14. What does Talia do after learning what her father writes about her?
(a) Stoically goes to her next class.
(b) Goes off by herself and cries hysterically.
(c) Goes and buries her face in Rolan's mane and cries.
(d) Goes and happily tells Rolan the news.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the last Queen's own die?

2. Who chooses a companion's rider?

3. How does Talia clean her clothes at the river?

4. What is another name for Heralds?

5. What does Talia's father claim?

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