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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lessa think that the Southern Continent is a good place to set up a Weyr?
(a) It's on the maps and could be Thread free
(b) It is comfortable and beautiful there
(c) It is more interesting there, as it has been abandoned for thousands of Turns
(d) It is a more centralized location

2. How many jumps between had to be made?
(a) Eleven
(b) Twelve
(c) Thirteen
(d) Eight

3. Why is it better to go between in open air?
(a) The danger of getting trapped below ground is far less for beginners
(b) The air in your lungs feels good and its nice to be aloft
(c) It gives a rider room to fall through the air if things go awry
(d) There are less distractions in wide open air

4. What happens to R'gul to get him out of his trance?
(a) F'lar shakes him
(b) Ramoth nudges him
(c) Lessa slaps him
(d) A Thread lands on his head

5. What Ballad is quoted as being the source of information about queens riding against Threads?
(a) Moreta's song
(b) Morieta's ride
(c) Moreta's ride
(d) Morieta's song

6. What had made Lessa hysterical?
(a) She wanted to see Ramoth and Mnementh together again
(b) She was getting torn from her own time
(c) She had missed F'lar terribly
(d) She had been in that place too many times

7. What conclusion do F'lar and Lessa come to?
(a) That they should go between times
(b) That R'gul was right, there isn't going to be more Threads
(c) That they should warn the other weyr and start out for the Threads
(d) That Ramoth should mate again

8. What does F'nor say about Kylara?
(a) That her Pridith's clutches have been extraordinarily heavy
(b) She is a great Weyrwoman
(c) She is a fantastic leader
(d) She just wants to go back and watch herself

9. What do Lessa and F'lar decide to do in light of the appearance of F'nor from the past?
(a) To send F'lar with Kylara
(b) To find a new plan
(c) To go ahead as planned
(d) To send someone else

10. How many riders didn't make it through the jumps?
(a) Four out of four hundred
(b) Four of eighteen hundred
(c) Five out of two thousand
(d) Two out of eighteen thousand

11. Why were the five Weyr's empty?
(a) F'lar brought them
(b) F'lar created them
(c) Lessa brought them
(d) Lessa left them

12. What makes them nervous?
(a) That there is no intelligent life on the Southern Continent
(b) Their placement in the past
(c) That there are no cliffs for the dragon Weyr
(d) That the place feels so empty to them

13. What is Lessa dismayed about in regards to the exploration of the Southern Continent?
(a) That F'lar isn't coming
(b) That she has to go with Kylara
(c) That F'lar is sending her, Lessa, away
(d) That F'lar suspects the whole charade to be the product of jealousy

14. How did the dragonets react when they emerged?
(a) Like they knew who they wanted
(b) They didn't react excitedly due to fear
(c) They took their riders without incident
(d) All of these

15. What had F'lar discovered about Lessa?
(a) She was more beautiful than he had ever imagined
(b) She was a ruthless adversary and a canny advocate
(c) She was a gutless advocate and an intermediate adversary
(d) She was a ruthless advocate and a canny adversary

Short Answer Questions

1. What does F'lar warn F'nor about?

2. What did F'lar wish when Ramoth rose to her mating flight?

3. What did Lessa accept in this chapter?

4. When Ramoth and Lessa got bored of drilling near the Weyr, where did they go first?

5. What else does Robinton suggest to everyone?

(see the answer keys)

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