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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why won't Talia go back to the Hold?
(a) She would be imprisoned.
(b) No one would believe her story.
(c) She would not be allowed to leave again.
(d) She would be given an awful husband in punishment.

2. What are the only things Talia can do?
(a) Cook and adjudication.
(b) Sew and celestial navigation.
(c) Sew and cook.
(d) Cook and scrub pots.

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

4. How does Talia see herself next to Rolan?
(a) Grubby.
(b) Small.
(c) Insignificant.
(d) Important.

5. What does Talia learn at the village?
(a) That she is to leave Rolan in the village and return home.
(b) That she and Rolan are to stay there until a Herald arrives.
(c) That she is to take Rolan back to the Collegium herself.
(d) That she is to take Rolan to the Queen, a journal of a month or more.

6. What are girls taught where Talia grows up?
(a) Scribing and accounting.
(b) Domestic duties.
(c) Swords and bows.
(d) The same things as boys.

7. What three groups does the Collegium train?
(a) Heralds, Healers, Herbalists.
(b) Bards, Healers, and Swordsmen.
(c) Heralds, Healers, Bards.
(d) Heralds, Grooms and Bards.

8. What mystifies Talia's instructors?
(a) How Talia learns so quickly.
(b) What is causing Talia's shyness.
(c) Why Talia is so confident one-on-one with the instructors but not when other students are around.
(d) Why Talia does not stand up for herself.

9. Where are the Herald's permanent quarters?
(a) They do not have permanent quarters set aside.
(b) At the Palace.
(c) At the Collegium.
(d) In special barracks outside of the city so the horses have room to run.

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

11. Who is Talamir?
(a) The last Queen's own who has died recently.
(b) The Queen's uncle.
(c) Sherrill's brother.
(d) Sherrill's lover.

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

13. What confuses Talia?
(a) How she happened to be riding Rolan to the Collegium.
(b) Why her father has not sent men after her.
(c) What direction they are riding.
(d) Why Rolan seems to be speaking to her mind.

14. Who is Elcarth?
(a) The Queen's husband.
(b) The last of the first companions.
(c) Rolan's companion.
(d) The Dean of the Collegium.

15. How does Talia think her Holding would welcome someone like her?
(a) They would hope she would stay and become part of their clan.
(b) The same as the villages she is riding through.
(c) They would beat and jail her.
(d) She tries not to make comparisons.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Talia go for Midwinter festival?

3. Who is Skif?

4. What seems to make Talia's journey easier?

5. Where does Talia land when she falls?

(see the answer keys)

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