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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. Where does Fitz dream that he is?

2. Which of the following best describes the relationship between Fitz and Burrich now?

3. Where does Fitz's first Skill lesson occur?

4. What did the skillmasters used to be formed into?

5. Which of the following is the best definition of the term nomadic?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has happened to Verity and what does this make Chade worry about?

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

4. What happens when Galen touches Fitz for the first time with the Skill?

5. What does the Fool caution about in regard to Patience?

6. What does the message that Fitz gets from his dream seem to mean?

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

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

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

10. What is unique and special about Verity and Fitz's relationship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

In what ways do you think Fitz's life may have been different had he not been illegitimate? What other characters in the novel were illegitimate? How were their lives different? Did illegitimacy hold any characters back? If so, why and if not, why not?

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