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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 to Mnementh is more fun than the Games?

2. Why was Fax so angry with Ruatha?

3. What does Fax call the Dragonmen?

4. What does Mnementh tell F'lar he ought to teach Lessa?

5. What did F'lar wonder was in the disused Weyr's?

Short Essay Questions

1. What stirring words does T'ton lay upon F'lar?

2. What did F'lar require of Lessa and how did she feel about it?

3. What is F'lar's first plan to dealing with the Lords?

4. What did Robinton say to attempt to comfort F'lar?

5. What does F'lar require of the Lords of the Holds?

6. How did Ruatha Valley look before Fax came?

7. How did Lessa see her hand from the eye of a stranger and what did she do about it?

8. Where was F'lar looking for the source of power that he felt?

9. What appears to be the objective of a Search?

10. What does F'lar note about Mnementh's behavior?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of ruler is Fax? What kind of person is he? Create a personality description for Fax and compare it to any of the dictators or leaders in history. Explain similarities, and draw differences. Compare Fax to the Dragonmen.

Essay Topic 2

Compare F'lar to any other hero that you have known about through movies or television. What do they have in common? What kind of things make them different? How is Lessa more of the hero in this book? How does F'lar support her?

Essay Topic 3

What did the Threads look like? What did they do? What did their life cycle consist of? How were they eliminated? What made them such an extreme threat?

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