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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. How does Verity get more strength for his own skill?

2. What does Burrich counsel Fitz to show Galen?

3. Who does Fitz seek out to Skill with the king?

4. Who summons Fitz the night before his lessons with Galen are to start?

5. What does Regal ask Fitz about Rurisk?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fitz learn through his errands for Lady Patience and who helps him with these errands?

2. What rule did Kettricken invoke and what does she tell Fitz?

3. What does Burrich tell Fitz about Galen?

4. What happens to Kettricken, Regal and Burrich?

5. What does Regal demand Fitz do and what does he ask Fitz?

6. What does August tell him after Fitz has asked him to use the skill to contact Shrewd?

7. What happens when Fitz uses his skill to contact Verity?

8. What does Fitz realize Mistress Hasty at Buckkeep has changed about his clothes?

9. What do the mountain people send to King Shrewd and what does he use it for?

10. What information does the Fool reveal about Patience and Fitz?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Fitz's skill with animals help him throughout the novel? In what ways does this skill hurt him throughout the novel? Which character is most concerned about this particular skill of Fitz's and why?

Essay Topic 2

How does Fitz handle having to make the decisions as to whether or not a man deserves to be killed? How would you handle the same situation? Explain why you feel the way you do in depth using examples from the story and personal experience.

Essay Topic 3

How does FItz feel about his father? In what way does this affect his first crest? Why do you think Fitz's crest changes in the latter portion of the novel? Do you think it should have changed? Why or why not?

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