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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 Starling bring to live with Fitz?

2. Why would a ferret kill a man?

3. What may be the only true communication?

4. What do Fitz and Starling do after she joins him in Chapter 38?

5. Of what does the narrator speak at the opening of Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

1. What shape is Verity in and what is he doing? What is the group's response to him?

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

3. In Chapter 29, what did the narrator say about something Kettle taught Fitz to give him protection from Skill?

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

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

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

7. What type of animal did the group see when they crossed some stream in their journey?

8. What does Verity and Kettle finish and how does Verity feel about it? How does the entire group feel?

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

10. What does Fitz do through Will in Chapter 40?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Assassin's Quest it appears that most of the true heroics is done by men. This type of stereotyping is changing and women are being given more and more active, heroic and physical roles in fantasy novels.

1. Discuss in detail, with examples, the various heroic qualities that are seen in Queen Kettricken.

2. Discuss in detail, with examples, the various heroic qualities that are seen in Kettle.

3. Discuss in detail, with examples, the various heroic qualities that are seen in Starling.

Essay Topic 2

The narrator explains the magic of Wit, that bonds a human with an animal. The bond is only between a specific animal and a specific human, and they have become brothers or pack members.

1. Discuss the advantages a person might have if she/he had the magic of Wit. Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. What types of immoral uses might an unscrupulous person use of the magic the Wit? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. If the Wit was a magic that existed in the United States in the twenty-first century, what types of laws and regulations do you think would arise surrounding its use?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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