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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 does the ones who survived the attack say about what happened to Verity?

2. What are the two biggest industries in Buck Duchy?

3. How does Fitz feel when two boys tease him?

4. What does Fitz decide is his new purpose in life?

5. With whom do Fitz and Starling connect?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Chade Fallstar and why does he anger Regal? What does Regal do about him?

4. What does Fitz decide he must do after he becomes human again, and how does he feel about Burrich and Chade? What does he think about Queen Kettricken and not saving her?

5. What does Lord Bright realize when the Red Ships have taken Bearns and what does he do?

6. Who does Fitz see in a cage and why are they there?

7. In Chapter 25, what does the group realize about Fitz and what do they do about it?

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

9. What is Fitz's task in the caravan across the mountains, who joins him and how is he able to join him?

10. What do the others do to help Fitz as they travel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Verity is found. But rather than being the answer to all their problems, he raises new questions. The group of weary travelers are at the end of their quest, but at the beginning of entirely new challenges.

1. Often people look forward to a certain event as something they believe will solve all their problems. Discuss how you believe the group's mental and emotional states are affected by finding out that the person in whom they placed all their hopes may not be able to help. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. If one thinks of running a marathon and then, at the end of a grueling race, finding out he/she must run another ten miles, it would seem that those ten miles would be impossible. This is a metaphor for what has happened to the travelers. They are now faced, not with answers, but more challenges. Discuss ways in which you think the group can support each other to face these challenges. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. What do you think the new challenges are that the travelers must face? Do you see the new problems as being more difficult to solve then the ones they have encountered on the journey? How does their journey correspond with the idea of the "journey of life?"

Essay Topic 2

In these chapters, Fitz wavers from his loyalty to King Verity back to his own need to seek revenge on Regal. The theme of the need to sacrifice one's self for the greater good of others is displayed here, as Fitz tries to follow his own heart and is defeated at every turn.

1. Explain, using examples, whether you believe revenge or loyalty is more important in Fitz's situation.

2. In what ways do you believe the theme, sacrifice for the greater good, is displayed in these chapters. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. What do you think is meant by following your own heart? Do you think Fitz's heart conflicts more with the desire for revenge or loyalty to Verity? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

When Fitz returns to his cabin, three Forged Ones are there. A fight breaks out, and although Fitz kills one, he is frozen with fear and barely escapes, using his wolf abilities to hide.

1. Discuss what you think Fitz might be feeling to be so frightened when once he was a strong warrior. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. Do you think once a courageous person has lost his nerve he can ever regain it? Why or why not? Use examples to support your answer.

3. Outline in detail, with explanations, the steps you think someone could take to overcome fear.

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