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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sherrill?

2. What three groups does the Collegium train?

3. What surprises Talia at the one of the shelters?

4. When Talia is alone outside, what does she hear?

5. How does Teren expect Talia to respond to what he says about her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are Talia and the Companion traveling when she leaves her father's holding?

2. Why does Elcarth have to leave Talia's tour?

3. What happens to Talia as she is walking back from archery practice and what does she do about it?

4. What does the older woman who came into Talia's room do and say and what does Talia tell the woman?

5. What does the man in blue tell Talia she has to do when they talk to him at a small village?

6. What continues unabated and what does Talia do?

7. What are the differences in the roles between men and women in Talia's holding and why might she be different than many women?

8. Who does Talia meet during the break and what do they do together?

9. What is Talia's duty for her first day of classes and what does she learn there?

10. Who are Blues and what do most of the Heralds think of them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In most fiction, readers would like all the loose ends to be neatly "tied up." Discuss the following:

1. Do you think Arrows of the Queen is successful as a fantasy novel? Why or why not.

2. What about this book would motivate you to read another of Mercedes Lackey's Herald and Companion series? What would discourage you from doing so?

3. Were all the "loose ends" satisfactorily settled for you? Why or why not.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Compare/contrast Talia's living situation in the Holding with hers by the end of the novel. How are they different? How are they the same? How do their differences influence the person Talia is?

2. Compare/contrast Elspeth at the beginning of the novel with who she is by the end of the novel. How is she different? How is she the same? Are the changes she goes through all positive? Which "Elspeth" do you like better?

3. Compare/contrast Tlaia at the beginning of the novel with who she is by the end of the novel. How is she different? How is she the same? Are the changes she goes through all positive? Which "Talia" do you like better?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

Trace and analyze the theme of power throughout Arrows of the Queen. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with power? Why? What are some symbols of power? Symbols of powerlessness? What characters seem powerless?

Trace and analyze the theme of magic throughout Arrows of the Queen. What characters are most concerned with magic? Why? What are some symbols of magic? How does a Herald's gift give an automatic advantage to someone over another who has no gifts? Is there abuse of this ability? Do you think the fact that Heralds are gifted creates resentment among the non-gifted populace?

Trace and analyze the theme of evil throughoutArrows of the Queen. What characters are what you would call evil? Why? What are some symbols of evil? Symbols of good? Are more characters evil than good or vice versa? Do you think in general there is less evil than good in Arrows of the Queen?

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