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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 happens to Hulk and Bluette in Chapter 7?

2. What did the former Brown Adept exchange for an amulet from the Red Adept?

3. What happens when Stile and Sheen nearly crash into the Red Adept's vehicle in Chapter 11?

4. Why was Sheen sent to Stile?

5. Where is the Red Adept when Stile first finds her in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the trap that Hulk and Bluette are caught in tell Stile about his adversary?

2. What does Stile start to wonder, at the end of Chapter 9?

3. How does Stile feel about Neysa, at the beginning of Chapter 8?

4. What happens when Stile is shot at the end of Chapter 11?

5. Why does Stile give Clef the Platinum Flute?

6. How does Stile's contest with the Red Adept end?

7. What does Stile realize, about the Oracle's prophecy, during Round Twelve of the Tourney?

8. What is shown on the holo-tape provided to Stile by the Rifleman, in Chapter 7?

9. What confession does Lady Blue make at the beginning of Chapter 10?

10. What happens between Stile and the Brown Adept in Chapter 8?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Stile's alternate self is the Blue Adept. What characteristics does he share with the Blue Adept? What are their differences? How do they each fulfill different roles in the novel? Should they be exactly alike, since they are alternates of the same person? Why? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Stile has relationships with many different women in the novel, all of whom help him in some way. What are the major differences in these relationships? What do they all have in common? What conflicts arise due to his many relationships, and why? How are these conflicts overcome? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Lady Blue is reluctant to admit that she is in love with Stile because she is faithful to her deceased husband. Why does she feel such a strong sense of loyalty, when she readily admits that she did not love the Blue Adept when they were married? How is her situation with Stile changed because he is the Blue Adept's alternate self? How does she finally overcome this sense of loyalty? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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