2. What is Hulda instructed to do by a nobleman?
(a) To try to put poison in Selenay's drink.
(b) To continue frightening Elspeth.
(c) To try to put poison in Talia's food.
(d) To try to make Elspeth hate her mother.

3. What does Elspeth do that helps her change her attitude toward companions?
(a) Gives the colt a regular rub down.
(b) Gives the colt sugar cubes.
(c) Rubs Roland's nose.
(d) Regularly touches the bracelet made out of the colt's tail hair.

4. What do Talia and Skif decide about their relationship?
(a) It is just going to be casually sexual and no marriage.
(b) It may blossom into marriage.
(c) They do not decide anything.
(d) It is not going to be sexual.

5. What was not hung when King Valdemar dies?
(a) His sword.
(b) His coat of arms.
(c) His shield.
(d) A rope and clapper in the bell-tower.

6. What do her ambushers seem determined to do?
(a) Kill Talia.
(b) Make Rolan die of grief.
(c) Teach Talia's father a lesson by hurting her.
(d) Teach Talia how to defend herself.

7. What happens if Neave does not control his gift?
(a) He projects discord.
(b) He gets extremely ill.
(c) Others have nightmares.
(d) He becomes catatonic.

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

9. For whom does the death bell toll?
(a) Elspeth.
(b) Jadus.
(c) Rolan.
(d) Keren.

10. What does Ylsa realize about Talia?
(a) That Talia may not have any Gifts.
(b) That Talia is probably a Projector.
(c) That Talia has a block she has to over come to use her Gift of though sensing.
(d) That thought sensing may not be Talia's Gift.

11. How many Heralds die in the first year Talia is at the Collegium?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

12. What can all Heralds do regardless of their individual gifts?
(a) Speak to their companions and use the truth spell.
(b) Speak to their companions only.
(c) Communicate with other Heralds mind to mind.
(d) Nothing.

13. What is the unknown nobleman's goal for Elspeth?
(a) To make her hate her country.
(b) To make her unfit for being Chosen.
(c) To teach her how to be more independent.
(d) To make her malleable when she becomes Queen.

14. Why does Talia rush to Keren?
(a) To give Keren a message from Ylsa.
(b) To help her with the death of Ylsa.
(c) To ask Keren to go help Ylsa at the crofter's home.
(d) To announce what Talia just learned.

15. What does Talia promise Elspeth?
(a) To punish Hulda for the mistreatment.
(b) To protect her.
(c) To punish the nobleman who instigated the abuse of Elspeth.
(d) To be her friend.