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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 does Kettricken find?

2. Who does Fitz decide to be in Chapter 8?

3. Who does Fitz meet in a town he goes to for news?

4. Who is questioning Fitz about his plan to kill Regal?

5. Who does Fitz dream of in the night at the end of chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator explain about the Skill in Chapter 3?

2. How does Kettricken feel when she hears about Verity and what does she do?

3. In Chapter 28, what does Fitz decide to do about the people following them?

4. What does the narrator say of King Regal and his treatment of the Buck Duchy?

5. In Chapter 7 what does Farrow say about Lady Patience and her work?

6. Who has Nighteyes adopted into his and Fitz's pack? What does he do because of that?

7. To what does Fitz listen as he is sleeping and what does he learn?

8. How did Fitz get wounded in the mountains, what kind of wound was it and who does he find to help him and where?

9. What did the Queen decide about Fitz's daughter and how did he feel? Why did he give into it?

10. Why does Fitz decide to go into a town, what does he do to prepare, who does he meet and what do they ask him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Verity is angry but saves Fitz, and Fitz realizes it has cost Verity dearly to make this effort on his behalf. Fitz is dedicated to Verity, and knowing of his daughter's existence makes him think of a future, instead of just killing Regal and dying himself.

1. Verity obviously has several different motives for saving Fitz. Two of which might be love and the other that he needs him. Discuss his different motives and how they conflict, such as, does one use someone that one loves? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Fitz is dedicated to Verity. There are a number of reasons this is true. He most likely loves him as a father figure, he respects him, he has sworn an oath to the crown, etc. Discuss in detail the various reasons why Fitz is dedicated to Verity and how some of the reasons might conflict with Fitz being able to live his life as his own. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Why do you think knowing he has a daughter has changed Fitz's entire perspective on life? How do you think that will change his behavior? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Verity and Kettle sleep, and Fitz moves towards the dragon. Verity meets him there, and decides he must sacrifice Fitz as well as himself in order to save the Six Duchies and bring the dragon to life. Fitz gives his life to Verity to give to the dragon.

1. Compare Fitz's reaction and willingness to the girl on the dragon. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Do you think it is fair for Verity to ask yet another sacrifice of Fitz in order to save a land that hates him and believes him dead? Why or why not?

3. In some religions, laying down one's life for another, for a friend or for a cause is the greatest deed a person can do. Discuss what you believe about this value.

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 34, the title refers to an unfinished sculpture at the mouth of the quarry, where a woman was ready to pour her heart into the stone dragon to make it come alive but cannot bear to give up her own shape as well. She was not willing to sacrifice her beautiful body for the greater good.

1. Discuss the emotional trauma the girl on the dragon must have felt as she went only half-way with her project. How might her situation be similar to one where someone is too afraid of dying to pull a victim from a burning car?

2. When considering that one loses not only their own body but their entire life as they know it to enliven a stone dragon, do you think the girl was weak-willed not to finish her job? Why or why not?

3. Considering that the girl on the dragon still lost all that was her life, even though she went only half-way and was not used for the greater good, can you see that she gained anything by her half-way effort? Do you think this illustrates any truth about general endeavors in life?

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