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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 surprises Talia at the one of the shelters?
2. What is parallel to the road upon which Talia is traveling?
3. What does Talia learn at the village?
4. What is the next female guard like?
5. Who is delighted to see Rolan at the gate?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Talia that gets her out of her holding?
2. What does Kris show Talia in the library and how long does she stay in the library?
3. Where are Talia and the Companion traveling when she leaves her father's holding?
4. Why do most of the students go home, and why doesn't Talia do the same?
5. How does Talia know where to go when she leaves with the Companion and where is the first place they stop?
6. What fantasy does Talia have after she escapes from the meeting with her father's wives?
7. What happens to Talia as she is walking back from archery practice and what does she do about it?
8. What are Heralds and Companions?
9. Who is the woman who came into Talia's room and what does Talia find out from her?
10. Who does Talia meet during the break and what do they do together?
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
Arrows of the Queen could be said to be a "bildungsroman" of Talia, the main character. Discuss the following:
1. Define the concepts "bildungsroman" and "coming of age."
2. Thoroughly trace and analyze Arrows of the Queen as a bildungsroman of Talia. Give specific examples. What does Talia learn? How has she changed? Is the change for the better?
3. Thoroughly trace and analyze Arrows of the Queen as a coming of age story for Elspeth. Give specific examples. What does Elspeth learn? How has she changed? Is the change for the better?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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