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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 have people used for years as protection against others with Skill?

2. Why did Regal have a change of heart?

3. What does Fool ask Fitz?

4. What can Fitz see about Verity?

5. What is the name of Kettricken's son?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Kettricken tell Fitz about Starling in Chapter 29?

2. What does the narrator explain about the Wit in Chapter 32?

3. How and why is Regal killed?

4. What does the narrator say about the progress of the Red Ships in Chapter 37 and what does Regal do about them?

5. What does Fitz hear as he and Nighteyes are gathering supplies from the dead army?

6. What happens in Chapter 39 when Fitz is fighting Will and Regal's army?

7. What does Verity ask Fitz to do and what was the end result?

8. What does Fitz reflect upon and what do he and Nighteyes do? How does Fitz feel about all that has happened?

9. To where does the Skill road take the group in Chapter 33 and what do they find there?

10. What happens with Queen Kettricken after Verity saves the kingdom, with the Fool and with Chade?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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