2. What is one thing that helps improve Elspeth's attitude toward companions?
(a) She rides Rolan every day.
(b) Talia does a mental cleansing on Elspeth.
(c) She assists in the birth of a new companion.
(d) She reads children's stories about companions who have saved children.

3. What does Talia convince Skif to do?
(a) Steal a lock of Hulda's hair for analysis.
(b) Steal a lock of Hulda's hair for a spell.
(c) Steal the immigration records from the Collegium.
(d) Travel to Hulda's home to find out about her.

4. What do her ambushers do?
(a) Break her arms.
(b) Beat her until she is unconscious.
(c) Break her leg.
(d) Throw her in the icy river.

5. Why does Talia ask to attend Beltren's memorial service?
(a) She is tired of being in bed.
(b) She really liked Beltren.
(c) She believes she needs to be there.
(d) She wants to see the students who tried to kill her.

6. How does Talia fight back?
(a) She calls for Rolan.
(b) She throws one of them in the river.
(c) She uses her sword.
(d) She fights the way her weaponmaster teachers her.

7. How can Heralds increase their Gift?
(a) By learning to use a trance approach.
(b) By certain herbs.
(c) Using in tandem with their companion.
(d) By working with another Herald with a complimentary Gift.

8. Why does Sherrill get a white uniform?
(a) She is accepted as a Herald.
(b) She is considered an apprentice Herald.
(c) She is a Herald's squire.
(d) She asks for that color at her initiation.

9. What can give Heralds a headache?
(a) Communicating mind to mind with other Heralds.
(b) Using their gifts too much.
(c) Trying to communicate with a companion that is not their own.
(d) Using their gifts incorrectly.

10. Who greets Talia when she gets back to her room?
(a) Jadus.
(b) Keren.
(c) Ylsa and her companion.
(d) Beren.

11. Who rescues Talia?
(a) Teren.
(b) Rolan.
(c) She saves herself.
(d) The Queen.

12. Why does Talia take a different route from the stables one day?
(a) To get out of the wind.
(b) To check on her new saddle at the leather shop.
(c) To find out if the boat is back bringing her best friend.
(d) To check on a robin's nest.

13. How do some friends test Talia and Rolan's bond?
(a) They do not want to test the bonds.
(b) A friend carries on a conversation with Rolan, which Talia writes down from another location.
(c) Creating a maze which Talia must navigate by Rolan's sending her instructions.
(d) Talia travels several days away from the Palace to see if she can still hear Rolan.

14. What does the Queen want Talia to do?
(a) Take Talamir's place at the Council.
(b) Ask Skif to be her constant bodyguard.
(c) Leave on a trip with Rolan and take Elspeth.
(d) Take Elspeth to the summer castle to train her.

15. What happens when the students return from Midwinter Festival?
(a) Some of them start harrassing Talia again.
(b) A plague seeps through the town.
(c) The Queen announces she is abdicating in favor of her daughter.
(d) Talia falls off Rolan and breaks an arm.