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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. Why is Jaxom afraid he harmed the small egg he touched?

2. What does Brekke give Grall when F'nor finds her?

3. What about dragon riding sets it apart from other skills?

4. What concerns Lessa about F'lar?

5. What did F'lar bring to the wedding for a present?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the consequences of Jaxom impressing Ruth and what does Jaxom say in his defense?

2. What does Brekke say when F'nor asks her about Wirenth's rising and what does he suggest?

3. How is T'bor reacting to his new post?

4. How do Brekke and Wirenth start Wirenth's rising?

5. What does Groghe call for and what is F'lar's response?

6. What does T'ron do at the wedding and what is F'lar's response?

7. What does Canth tell F'nor is troubling Lessa?

8. What happens to the little egg Jaxom touched and what does Felessan tell Jaxom?

9. What does Brekke do first after T'kul departs for Southern?

10. What has F'lar done with the grubs F'nor brought back from Southern?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

F'lar and Lessa are "permanently attached" and well matched to lead Benden Weyr. She has one natural child, who according to Pernese tradition, is brought up by a foster mother.

1. What do you think are the reasons for fostering one's children with another family in the type of world that Pern is? Use examples from the Pern society to support your answer.

2. How would you feel if you had to leave your home at a young age and foster in another home? Use examples from your life and/or the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

The society in Dragonquest appears medieval and lacking in most technologies.

1. Name ten technologies you think might be lacking in a medieval setting.

2. How do you see the arrangement of government and living as being medieval from the glimpses of them in the first chapter?

3. What parts of the Pern society do you think a medieval person from earth might recognize?

Essay Topic 3

Fandarel declares, "Talk makes no miracles."

1. What do you think Fandarel means by this statement?

2. Discuss an example of this statement in your own life.

3. What do you think might be a modern day cliche equivalent to this statement?

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