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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) The dress uniform of the Herald.
(d) Students who are unaffiliated with any guild but are attending classes.

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

5. What musical instrument does Talia hear one day?
(a) Harp.
(b) Lute.
(c) Flute.
(d) Lyre.

6. How do most people view the Heralds?
(a) With jealousy.
(b) With respect and honor.
(c) With contempt.
(d) With disrespect..

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

8. What are the students assigned?
(a) A specific area of expertise.
(b) Various chores.
(c) A mentor.
(d) A personal trainer.

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

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

11. Where does Talia find feed for the horse?
(a) In a cave by the waterfall.
(b) In the inn's stables.
(c) At the waystation.
(d) In a feed store.

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

13. How long do Talia and Rolan travel by the end of the second chapter?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 10 days.
(d) 30 days.

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

15. What does the young girl who enters Talia's room claim?
(a) That she is Rolan's rider.
(b) That she is Talia's half sister.
(c) That the room in which Talia is waiting is the young girl's room.
(d) That she is the heir to the throne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What awes Talia?

2. What does Elcarth say Talia will receive immediately?

3. When does Talia feel most peaceful?

4. What does Talia do after learning what her father writes about her?

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

(see the answer keys)

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