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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Jakkin have to remember to report?
(a) Spotting the drakk.
(b) That Likkarn threatened him again.
(c) That his wounds reopened.
(d) That Slakk lied about the brush.

3. What does Balakk order the men on the drakk hunt to wear?
(a) An amulet.
(b) A helmet.
(c) Eye protection.
(d) Full leather suits.

4. What happens when a drakk is killed?
(a) They make an ear shattering sound.
(b) They regenerate unless they are burned.
(c) They give off a terrible smell.
(d) They spray acid in the eyes.

5. What are the men told to use sparingly?
(a) The powder in the amulet.
(b) Arrows.
(c) Their energy.
(d) Stun guns.

6. Why does Jakkin eventually return to the nursery from his camp?
(a) To be counted in the evening head count.
(b) To avoid detection.
(c) To avoid the Dark After.
(d) To avoid seeing his uncle.

7. What does Sarkkhan do to Likkarn?
(a) Kill him.
(b) Whip him badly.
(c) Send him to another dragon colony.
(d) Break him back to stableboy.

8. What shocks Jakkin about the hatchling?
(a) Its lower leg is broken on the front left side.
(b) It can read Jakkin's mind.
(c) It can talk Jakkin's language.
(d) It can already fly.

9. What is Slakk caught doing?
(a) Sneaking extra rations.
(b) Trying to ride a dragon.
(c) Talking to a free agent female.
(d) Retrieving the brush from the showers.

10. About what do the boys give Jakkin a hard time?
(a) Standing up to an enraged Likkarn.
(b) Running away from Blood Brother.
(c) Having Akki as his nurse.
(d) Asking for his own dragon to care for.

11. Who is Jakkin?
(a) The owner of several dragons and slaves.
(b) The alpha female dragon.
(c) The alpha male dragon.
(d) A young slave assigned to a dragon farm.

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

13. Who is Likkarn?
(a) A dragonrider.
(b) An older bonder in charge of the boy bonders.
(c) A dragon doctor.
(d) A free man who helps in the pottery sheds.

14. What do Balakk and Jakkin do?
(a) Get into a fight.
(b) Chart the path of the drakk.
(c) Go to the infirmary.
(d) Bathe Heart O'Mine.

15. Where did Kkarina work to earn money to buy her freedom?
(a) The baggeries.
(b) The privies.
(c) The mines.
(d) The numbweed fields.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jakkin eat after getting out of the hospital?

2. What does Jakkin leave wrapped around the hatchling he finds?

3. What does Balakk find with his eyeglass?

4. What does Jakkin accidentally do?

5. What do dragons do when they sense a human's strong anger?

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