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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 kind of dragon does Benden send for Robinton?

2. Who is Ruatha's candidate for the queen egg?

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

4. How does Brekke feel about not impressing?

5. Which dragon's eggs will hatch soon after the wedding at Telgar?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do Canth and F'nor find at the Red star?

3. What is Jaxom thinking and feeling before going to the hatching?

4. What does Robinton see when he first arrives at the wedding?

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

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

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

8. What scares Jaxom when flying to Benden?

9. How does Masterfarmer Andemon react to the grubs and what do they decide?

10. What concerns Robinton when dragons arrive to take him to the wedding at Telgar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

F'nor wonders how Holders can claim "weyrfolk are aloof, patronizing, condescending, and arrogant while being filled with envy for their dragons, possessions, and women."

1. Do you think the dragon riders have too much power and wealth? Why or why not?

2. Would you rather be a dragon rider or a craftsperson? Why or why not?

3. How does the classes in this society compare to the ones in modern America?

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

Jaxom, the 12-year-old Lord of Ruatha, is overwhelmed by all he must know, do, and understand to please Lytol, his Warder. Jaxom often hides just to think. Jaxom has never seen his parents and knows that Lessa is the last of the Ruathan blood. He does not understand these things but knows he must.

1. Do you think too much is expected of Jaxom, considering his age? Why or why not?

2. How would you feel if you were Jaxom? What would you do to make your life better?

3. Based on your exposure to Jaxom thus far do you think he will make a good Lord Holder? Why or why not?

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