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

5. What is unique about Talia and Rolan's connection?
(a) It is based upon the mind rather than eyesight.
(b) It is stronger than any other Herald/Companion pair.
(c) Nothing is unique; all Heralds and Companions have strong bonds.
(d) It works between Talia and another Herald's companion through Rolan.

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

7. Why do Skif and Talia dress all in black?
(a) To sneak into the castle and hear a meeting between Hulda and someone else.
(b) To get revenge against the Reds students.
(c) To get revenge against the Blues students.
(d) To sneak into the records room again.

8. Who does Talia think is being drugged?
(a) Hulda.
(b) Rolan.
(c) Selenay.
(d) Melidy.

9. 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) Talia travels several days away from the Palace to see if she can still hear Rolan.
(d) Creating a maze which Talia must navigate by Rolan's sending her instructions.

10. What is odd about what happens when a Herald dies?
(a) The companion is invisible for one year.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The bell rings even though it has no rope or clapper.
(d) The companion turns black for one year.

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

12. Who does Talia confide in concerning her problems?
(a) Jadus.
(b) Rolan.
(c) Talen.
(d) The Queen.

13. What is Talia's standing among the students and instructors?
(a) She is still being harassed by the Blues.
(b) She is considered odd.
(c) She is standoffish still.
(d) She is immensely popular.

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

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