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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do some Ruathans hate F'lar and Lessa?
(a) Lessa's father took over the hold
(b) Lessa's foster daughter ran away
(c) F'lar stepped into hold Lordship
(d) Lord Jaxom being named hold Lord

2. What is the name of F'nor's queen fire lizard?
(a) Tabor
(b) Hratll
(c) Nanoth
(d) Grall

3. What could happen to a dragon if his/her rider is injured or killed?
(a) would go to the ocean and drown
(b) might attack another dragon
(c) would fly away and never come back
(d) could go berserk or kill themselves

4. Why does F'lar decide to mount watches everywhere?
(a) to watch the oldtimers
(b) to look for new dragon riders
(c) to track the shift in Thread pattern
(d) to look for new dragon eggs

5. Who is coming to see F'lar and Lessa at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Jaxom
(b) F'nor and Tyrol
(c) Fandarel and Robinton
(d) G'narish

6. Why does T'ron attack F'lar verbally at the meeting?
(a) for not bringing Lessa
(b) for bringing Jaxom
(c) for siding with a Craftmaster over dragonfolk
(d) for being F'nor's brother

7. Why is it difficult to catch a fire lizard?
(a) they can go between
(b) they are too fast
(c) they bite viciously
(d) they can become invisible

8. What does Terry say the Oldtimers only remember?
(a) how to breed dragons
(b) fighting thread
(c) more dragon riders
(d) how to breed fire lizards

9. Why can't Lessa get pregnant?
(a) she has had Thread sickness too much
(b) going between aborts babies
(c) she is too old
(d) she is not married

10. What does Kylara tell Meron's men to do with the lizards
(a) sing to them
(b) put a net around them
(c) feed them until they go to sleep
(d) take them outside

11. Who does Fandarel suggest talking to about fire lizards?
(a) the Masterherder
(b) Kylara
(c) F'nor
(d) Brekke

12. How does Prideth feel about the fate of the clutch of lizards Kylara gave Meron?
(a) unhappy
(b) excited
(c) indifferent
(d) curious

13. What is Robinton, the Masterharper of Pern trying to compose?
(a) songs for the military
(b) ballads for a wedding
(c) songs to sing at the birth of his child
(d) songs for a funeral

14. Who is missing when unexpected thread falls on Southern Weyr when F'lar is visiting?
(a) Mirrim
(b) Brekke
(c) Kylara
(d) T'bor

15. Who are the only ones who can touch dragon eggs?
(a) any dragon rider
(b) the queen dragon's rider
(c) the queen dragon
(d) candidates

Short Answer Questions

1. What does tradition say about who mates with a queen?

2. What are F'nor and Canth looking for around various holds?

3. How do the Oldtimers feel about destroying the source of thread?

4. Where does F'lar suggest help translating old records might be found?

5. How do dragons get matched with their human companions?

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