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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Talia do as the wives' attention is diverted?
(a) Starts sobbing and everyone turns to her.
(b) Runs away from the meeting.
(c) Faints.
(d) Jumps to her death.

3. 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.

4. What instructor is friendly and enthusiastic?
(a) Teren.
(b) Selaney.
(c) Alberich.
(d) Roy.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. Where does the guard sent Talia?
(a) To talk to the town's mayor.
(b) To purchase a sword.
(c) To jail.
(d) To bathe and change clothes.

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

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

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

15. What is parallel to the road upon which Talia is traveling?
(a) A forest.
(b) A gully.
(c) A river.
(d) A bluff.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Talia spend time with Rolan?

3. What shocks Talia about the women guards she encounters?

4. Who intimidates Talia?

5. Why does Talia decide not to share with others about what is making her unhappy?

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