2. What is Austar IV?
(a) The name of the main protagonist.
(b) The planet discussed in the Introduction.
(c) The name of a hyperlight space cargo carrier.
(d) The name of the moon outside the largest planet in the Vindyne system.

3. Why does Blood Brother leave scratches on Jakkin?
(a) Jakkin angers Blood Brother.
(b) The dragon is trying to groom Jakkin.
(c) Jakkin leaves Blood Brother in the mud too long.
(d) He does not scratch Jakkin.

4. Who catches Slakk?
(a) Akki.
(b) Likkarn.
(c) Breskkin.
(d) Jakkin.

5. What is sitting on Heat O' Mine's head?
(a) A drakk.
(b) A dragon beetle.
(c) A late hatchling.
(d) A tapeworm.

6. Who are bonders?
(a) Indentured slaves.
(b) Companies that underwrite a mining expedition.
(c) Men who capture escaped felons and sell them to slavers.
(d) A group of bounty hunters who go out of the solar system for fugitives.

7. Why does Jakkin not want to tell anyone about what he saw?
(a) He isn't sure which creature it was.
(b) He won't be believed.
(c) He wants to take care of the problem himself.
(d) He will be teased.

8. What does Jakkin find in Heat O' Mine's hatchling area?
(a) A wounded hatchling.
(b) A mrakk.
(c) Another bond boy.
(d) A drakk.

9. What does Jakkin receive after the drakk hunt?
(a) Two of the drakk's teeth.
(b) A full share of the bounty.
(c) The drakk's tail.
(d) A promotion.

10. Why does Jakkin start crying?
(a) He hurts so bad.
(b) He learns he's been in the hospital for a week.
(c) He learns his best friend was killed.
(d) He learns that Sarkkhan killed Likkarn.

11. What does Jakkin join before the drakk hunters start out?
(a) A line to receive hazardous pay.
(b) A line to receive a blessing from the priest.
(c) A chant.
(d) A dance for success.

12. What does Jakkin leave wrapped around the hatchling he finds?
(a) A layer of straw.
(b) A dragon web.
(c) A horse blanket.
(d) His shirt.

13. How many hatchlings does Heat O' Mine have?
(a) 9.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

14. About what is Jakkin teased?
(a) Having mismatched riding gear.
(b) A young woman who teases him.
(c) His desire to own a dragon.
(d) Where he goes late every night.

15. To what is the desolate, ex-prison planet discussed in the Introduction most conducive?
(a) To the raising of dragons.
(b) To metals mining.
(c) To mineral mining.
(d) To diamond mining.