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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 part of the person is partially eaten that was skinned alive where the prisoners were supposed to be held in Tobias' camp?

2. Who is the strongest of the women in the boat and becomes their leader?

3. Which creatures are allied against Richard and his quest?

4. What must Richard secure first in order to prevent the enslavement of the people of the Midlands?

5. What kind of creature is Richard's pet?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Richard insist that the Mord-Sith stay with him and not let him be alone with the Duchess?

2. What is the significance of the journey book that Verna finds?

3. How did Richard become the next Lord Rahl?

4. What does Richard say must be done for freedom at the Confessor's Palace?

5. Why did Tobias insist on getting a coin from Richard?

6. What is the fear that Warren instills in Verna about her role?

7. Why does Tobias let his sister live?

8. Why is Richard confused about his interactions with the Duchess?

9. Why do men on the boat leer at the Sisters of the Dark?

10. Why does Tobias kill the duke?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the significance of the novel's title. What did the author mean by calling the book Blood of the Fold? Cite an example to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Blood of the Fold is written primarily in the third-persona and omniscient point of view. Is this point of view more or less effective than telling the story from the first-person perspective of Richard?

Essay Topic 3

Richard and Verna are two of the most active and influential characters, whose choices affect all the other characters in the novel.

Part 1) What is their relationship? How do they co-exist, and how do they interact? What is similar about them, and what is different?

Part 2) What are some events that Richard had a direct influence upon? What are some events that Verna had a direct influence upon?

Part 3) Which character offers support to the group? Which one is stronger, and why?

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