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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jakkin pass out?
(a) From blood loss.
(b) From a blow to the head when he falls off the bluff.
(c) From the smell of the drakk as Jakkin stabs the creature.
(d) From exertion.

2. What does Rum do that confuses Jakkin?
(a) Look straight at Jakkin.
(b) Whine.
(c) Fly and land on top of Red.
(d) Die though he's not too badly hurt.

3. What does Red entice Rum to do?
(a) Retreat.
(b) Spew fire too far away.
(c) Attack.
(d) Fly too high.

4. What does Akki say when Jakkin suggests she should get paid for the dead drakk also.
(a) She is happy to get some gold.
(b) She thinks she did nothing to earn any gold.
(c) She'll accept no gold from Sarkkhan.
(d) Jakkin does not suggest that Akki receive any gold.

5. What does Jakkin hear in the pit above him?
(a) A dragon dying.
(b) The sounds of fire burning some of the boundary barrels.
(c) A drakk challenging a dragon.
(d) Sarkkhan's dragon fighting.

6. What does Kkarina say most men want after their first drakk hunt?
(a) To bathe several times.
(b) To sleep.
(c) To get away from the nursery.
(d) To visit the baggeries.

7. What is the name of Jakkin's dragon?
(a) Red beauty.
(b) Jakkin's red.
(c) Akki's red.
(d) Beauty.

8. Who promises not to tell anyone of Jakkin's secret?
(a) Slakk.
(b) Errikkin.
(c) Akki.
(d) Likkarn.

9. Why do Jakkin and Akki decide to take the drakk back?
(a) To collect a reward.
(b) They decide not to take the drakk back.
(c) To show Likkarn that Jakkin is brave.
(d) Because they both smell like the drakk.

10. What is the source of a dragon's inner fire?
(a) No one knows.
(b) Some rocks they chew.
(c) A chemical reaction in their stomach.
(d) The weeds fed to a dragon.

11. With what does Jakkin promise to return the next day?
(a) A bowl and knife.
(b) A dragon expert.
(c) The little dragon's mother.
(d) His friend Akki.

12. What does Jakkin know as he observes the young dragon?
(a) That the young dragon will change colors as it matures.
(b) That the young dragon does not miss its mother.
(c) That the young dragon is going to be a fighter.
(d) That the dragon has been swimming before this time.

13. Why does Red scream in pain?
(a) She gets burned by Rum.
(b) She is pinned by Rum.
(c) She twists her leg.
(d) She twists one wing.

14. Why does Sarkkhan eat with the bonders?
(a) To show his thanks for the drakk killings.
(b) They are having a special meal.
(c) He always eats with the bonders.
(d) To develop authority over them.

15. What does Jakkin stop Red from doing?
(a) Falling over.
(b) Killing Rum.
(c) Spewing fire into the stands.
(d) Flying off home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the dragon and Jakkin do after the dragon swims?

2. What does Jakkin notice about the plants around his oasis?

3. What happens after Jakkin dons the old shirt he left with his dragon?

4. Who argues with Jakkin about where Jakkin got Red?

5. What will happen if Jakkin's dragon does not win?

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