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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. How many hatchlings does Heat O' Mine have?

2. About what do the older bonders complain?

3. What angers Jakkin when the boys' teasing intensifies?

4. Who kills Blood Brother?

5. Of whom does Jakkin think who bleeds to death in the desert?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jakkin's procedure in caring for Blood Brother.

2. After Jakkin awakes again, why does Jakkin break down and sob and what does Akki do?

3. What does Jakkin see as he leaves the bondhouse and what does he have to do about it?

4. What does Likkarn do to Blood Brother that is against procedures?

5. Where does Jakkin awake from being unconscious and who is with him?

6. What does Likkarn do to provoke a drakk to attack Jakkin?

7. What is discussed in the Introduction?

8. For what is Jakkin chosen when the hunters arrive at a clump of trees?

9. Who catches Slakk and why does Slakk betray Jakkin?

10. What does Jakkin hear as the bonders come in from work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dragon's Blood is one book in a series of novels involving Jakkin and the planet of Austar IV. Discuss the following.

1. What are a couple advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Use examples.

2. What are a couple disadvantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Use examples.

3. Do you prefer to read a standalone book, or a series of books with the same main characters? Explain your response.

4. Do you think it is easier or more difficult (or about the same) to write a standalone book versus one in a series? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Dragon's Blood.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Dragon's Blood. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Dragon's Blood. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 3

Whenever reading a science fiction or fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains concepts or ideas that are not a part of the "real" world. In the case of Dragon's Blood, much of the setting may seem familiar to the reader (i.e. there are woods, mountains, rivers, and oceans), though there are new ideas and terms to learn. Discuss the following:

1. Find five terms that are a part of the world of Dragon's Blood that occur in the "real" world but are used differently in Dragon's Blood.

2. Define the words as used in in Dragon's Blood world and compare those five words to how they are currently used in the American English language.

3. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a science fiction or fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of Dragon's Blood. Did you have to look up any words? What does it mean to learn a word through its context? Do you have to do that in Dragon's Blood? What word(s)?

4. Are there any words you never really understood from Dragon's Blood? Which ones?

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