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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Clip deliver to Neysa at the beginning of the novel?
(a) One of their friends has been kidnapped.
(b) The King has an urgent need to speak with her.
(c) Neysa has been chosen to breed with the Herd Stallion.
(d) She and Stile are being hunted, and must flee at once.

2. Why did Neysa miss two breeding seasons?
(a) She was excluded from the herd because of her color.
(b) She was ill, and unable to bear a foal without risking her own life.
(c) She was away, and not in contact with the herd.
(d) The Herd Stallion chose another mare to breed with.

3. What does Sheen ask of Stile in Chapter 5?
(a) Sheen asks Stile to let her accompany him on his quest, because it is dangerous.
(b) Sheen asks Stile to junk her if he ever decides to forsake her as a mistress.
(c) Sheen asks Stile to swear an oath to her, and become her oath-friend.
(d) Sheen asks Stile to bring her back to Phaze with him.

4. Why does the Herd Stallion agree to postpone Neysa's breeding, even though he beat Stile?
(a) Because he respects Stile for not using magic to beat him.
(b) Because he realizes he has no other choice.
(c) Because he knows that Neysa will go anyway, with or without his permission.
(d) Because he really wanted to postpone it anyway.

5. What becomes apparent to the audience during Stile's encounter with the Herd Stallion?
(a) Stile was only going to be able to win if he used his magic.
(b) They are very evenly matched, and it was unlikely that there would be a winner.
(c) The Herd Stallion was far more powerful than Stile, and Stile did not stand a chance.
(d) Stile was far more powerful than the Herd Stallion, and was likely to win.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what competition do Neysa and Clip compete, at the Unolympics?

2. How does Neysa feel about Stile?

3. What was Stile's former occupation in Proton?

4. Why was it important to the Herd Stallion to win the duel against Stile?

5. Whom does Stile face in the second round of the Tourney?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Stile's relationship with Neysa change in Chapter 1?

2. Why does Hulk leave for Proton in Chapter 4?

3. What deal does the Rifleman make with Stile before their match?

4. What does Hulk insist on doing to help Stile, at the beginning of Chapter 2?

5. How do Lady Blue and her companion find out where Lady Blue's foal is, according to the story she tells in Chapter 2?

6. What is Stile's relationship to Lady Blue?

7. Where do Sheen and Stile go while fleeing, in Chapter 5?

8. Stile realizes that negotiations between himself and the Herd Stallion will be difficult. Why?

9. What is suspicious about the summons received by Stile, in Chapter 5?

10. Why does Lady Blue's father stop objecting to the Blue Adept's solicitation of his daughter?

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