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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. What sounds automatically when a Herald is killed?
2. What book is Talia reading at the opening of Chapter 1?
3. Who is Skif?
4. What is one thing Talia gets during her tour?
5. How do most people view the Heralds?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why do most of the students go home, and why doesn't Talia do the same?
2. What is Talia's duty for her first day of classes and what does she learn there?
3. What does Kris show Talia in the library and how long does she stay in the library?
4. Why does Elcarth have to leave Talia's tour?
5. What do some of the female students talk to Talia about in the bath area and what does Talia hope as she falls asleep?
6. How long do Talia and Rolan travel and how is Talia feeling about the change in her life?
7. What does the man in blue tell Talia she has to do when they talk to him at a small village?
8. What does Sherrill take Talia to get?
9. What does Talia think about her future as she is bathing?
10. What is Elcarth's position in the palace, what does he notice about Talia's personality and her knowledge?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Oftentimes, a book is more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:
1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?
2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?
3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?
4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.
5. What type of plot do you think Silent Prey is? Explain your response.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the following:
1. Discuss five literary devices that occur in Arrows of the Queen and how they are used. Are they effective? Do they add or detract from the reading of the book? Why or why not. Some possible techniques: Allusion, connotation, denouement, dialogue, flashback, figurative language, motif, metaphor, narrator, point of view, simile, mood, and puns.
2. What do you think are the reasons students are encouraged to understand literary devices? Do you think an understanding of the structure of a work of fiction enhances the reading experience? Why or why not?
3. Do you think authors make a conscious effort to include literary devices into their writing? Discuss your answer. Do you think it would be difficult to consciously create metaphor, simile, puns, etc...? Why or why not.
Essay Topic 3
Whenever reading a fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains a different world. In the case of Arrows of the Queen, much of the setting would be familiar to the reader, though there are new ideas and terms to learn. Discuss the following:
1. Find five terms that are a part of Talia's world that occur in the "real" world but are used differently in Talia's world. Define the words as used in in Talia's world and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.
2. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of Arrows of the Queen. Did you have to look up any words? What does it mean to learn a word through its context? Do you have to do that inArrows of the Queen? What word(s)?
3. Were there any words you never really understood in Arrows of the Queen? Which ones?
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