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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 makes F'lar chuckle?

2. Who does F'lar get to implement his plan?

3. What was Lessa contemptuous of in regards to the other girls?

4. Who is the self claimed Lord of the High Reaches?

5. What does Lessa vow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the heretic thought that Lessa caught herself thinking?

2. What does F'nor stammer to F'lar?

3. What things improved the morale of all those at the Weyr?

4. What does problem does Lessa help F'lar and Robinson work on?

5. What does F'lar respond with to the Hold Lords?

6. What happened every time Ramoth was awake and around?

7. What information is F'lar left to puzzle over from the Masterharper?

8. What made Lessa feel vulnerable after she had washed?

9. What things did Lessa say to convince Mardra and T'ton that she was who she said she was?

10. Why does F'lar get so worried about Lessa?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways does Master Harper Robinson explain that all the Lords have only themselves to blame for the Thread threat, and its menace to Pern? Do you think he is correct? Why? Explain how you would act as a Lord or Lady of a Hold under this threat.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the elements in this story that make it a classic fantasy romance novel. What elements are action oriented? If you could put this book into a genre that would best describe it, what would that genre be?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Lessa and Ramoth's characters. Which is the more ambitious? Which do you think is more dignified? How is it that they make up a perfect pair?

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