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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Talia feel most peaceful?
(a) When she is in the library.
(b) When she is with Rolan.
(c) When she is alone.
(d) When she falls asleep at night.

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

3. To what does Talia look forward during Midwinter?
(a) Practicing archery.
(b) Reading.
(c) Riding.
(d) Going to parties.

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

5. Who addresses Elcarth as he is walking with Talia?
(a) The Princess.
(b) The Queen.
(c) The weapons master.
(d) The Provost Marshal.

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

7. How do the guards react to Talia riding in on Rolan at the shelters?
(a) Confused.
(b) Angry at Talia for being on Rolan.
(c) Like she is their servant.
(d) Nonchalant.

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

9. Where does Talia go after dinner?
(a) The training arena.
(b) The Princess' bedroom.
(c) The library.
(d) The Queen's sitting room.

10. Who is Sherrill?
(a) A student who is assigned to escort Talia around the school.
(b) The princess' nanny.
(c) A student who just started that day also.
(d) A Herald whose companion is Tibideau.

11. What is one thing Talia learns about companions?
(a) They are faster and have more stamina than other horses.
(b) The companions sometimes choose to go off by themselves for a year or two.
(c) The Heralds are magically gifted.
(d) The Heralds usually live to be very old because of the bond with the companions.

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

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

14. What does Talia do at Companion's field?
(a) Learn how to care for a Herald's equipment.
(b) Reunite with Rolan.
(c) Try to see which horse will become her companion.
(d) Ride Rolan bareback.

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 first day of Spring.
(d) It is the day Talia's mother died.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Talia worry?

2. Why is Keldar angry?

3. Where does Talia land when she falls?

4. What does Elcarth mention that makes Talia's eyes light up?

5. How long do Talia and Rolan travel by the end of the second chapter?

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