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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. Where was Ramoth itchy?

2. What did Fax do with any opposition he encountered?

3. Why does Lessa think F'lar's wing looks so smug?

4. What was Fax reputed to be?

5. What broke the standoff between F'lar and Fax?

Short Essay Questions

1. What becomes obvious that makes Lessa unique?

2. What do all the Hold Lords agree upon?

3. What two terms did Fax say he would renounce his claim on the Hold of Ruatha for?

4. Why is Lessa angry at F'lar?

5. Why does F'lar go to such great lengths to obtain the Records from the other Weyrs?

6. Why does Lessa agree to support and listen to everything F'lar says?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast this book to any other fantasy novel you may have read. How does it compare and how does it differ? Compare protagonists and antagonists. Which has the most seemingly insurmountable obstacles? Which was harder to predict?

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

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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