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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How are Heralds chosen?
(a) By the Queen.
(b) By the companions.
(c) By lottery.
(d) By a Heraldy board.

3. What awes Talia?
(a) The grandness of the castle.
(b) That she is not punished.
(c) The way everyone talks to the white horses as if they could understand them.
(d) That she is given a room in the castle.

4. What does Talia decide to do with a horse she encounters?
(a) Unharness it.
(b) Groom it.
(c) Take it back to its owners.
(d) Feed it some sweet oats.

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

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

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

8. What does Sherrill leave for Talia?
(a) A warning about Rolan.
(b) A warning about Skif.
(c) Some things to discover about the Collegium on her own.
(d) A warning about the princess.

9. Under what circumstances does Talia usually come to the attention of the community?
(a) When someone needs a letter written.
(b) When a first son needs lessons in swordplay.
(c) When she has done something wrong.
(d) When a first son needs lessons in archery.

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

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

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

13. Where does Talia go for Midwinter festival?
(a) Home with one of the other female Herald students.
(b) Home to her Holding.
(c) Home with one of the student Healers.
(d) Nowhere.

14. Who is delighted to see Rolan at the gate?
(a) A Herald.
(b) The captain of the guard.
(c) Roland's rider.
(d) The gatekeeper.

15. How does Talia feel around Rolan?
(a) Nervous.
(b) Comfortable.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Uneasy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the students assigned?

2. Who is Skif?

3. What is parallel to the road upon which Talia is traveling?

4. How do most people view the Heralds?

5. What is one thing Talia learns about companions?

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