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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 is the relationship between Neysa and Stile?

2. What does Sheen suggest Stile do in Chapter 3?

3. What does Sheen ask of Stile in Chapter 5?

4. How does Neysa feel about the news Clip brings her, at the beginning of the novel?

5. What happens when Stile tries to mount the Herd Stallion during their duel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What comment does Stile make, in Chapter 3, which hurts Sheen's feelings?

3. How does Neysa feel about the news brought to her by Clip, and why?

4. What happens to Lady Blue when she first goes to search for her lost foal as a young girl, and how is she rescued?

5. What favor does Sheen ask of Stile, at the beginning of Chapter 5?

6. Why does Vodlevile approach Stile during the Unolympics?

7. What does the Blue Adept ask Lady Blue's father, and what is his response?

8. Who is Thistlepuff, and what happens between her and Stile in Chapter 4?

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

10. How does Stile use his magic during his contest with the Herd Stallion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Neysa and Sheen are not human, yet both fall in love with Stile. What are the major differences between the two characters? How does the fact that they are not human affect their relationships with Stile? What else do they have in common? How does Stile treat them, as opposed to women of his own kind, and why? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

The author attempts to blend two very different genres, science fiction and fantasy, in one novel. He clearly differentiates between the two, by creating a different world, or "frame", for each. Is this an effective writing technique? What decisions did the author have to make in order to do this? Do you agree with these decisions? Is there anything you would have done differently? What unique challenges does this technique pose for the writing process, and why? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

The author uses a lot of foreshadowing in the novel, in the forms of the Oracle's prophecies. How are these instances of foreshadowing incorporated into the novel as a whole? Is this an effective method for the author to use? Why? In what way do these instances of foreshadowing help to strengthen the plot, and give it structure? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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