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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. Why do the men chop down the tree that Jakkin just came down?

2. What is Jakkin chosen to do?

3. What does Jakkin do after shaking all the smaller trees?

4. About what do the boys in the bond house tease Jakkin?

5. Why does Blood Brother leave scratches on Jakkin?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What transpires between Likkarn and Sarkkhan about which the boys tell Jakkin?

3. What is Jakkin doing at the opening of Chapter One and for what does he long?

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

5. What does Likkarn say to Blood Brother after Likkarn shoots the animal?

6. Why does Jakkin return to the breakfast room?

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

8. What does Jakkin notice about Kkarina and how does she become free?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following to discuss:

1. Compare/contrast Jakkin to Errikkson. Who seems more powerful? What are the goals of each? Are both either all good or all evil? Who is more likable? How does each use his personal strengths? How do each of their weaknesses thwart them in their goals?

2. Compare/contrast Sarkkhan to Likkarn. How are their goals similar and/or different? What is the difference in the way they interact with people? Who is more idealistic?harsh?powerful? How do their dragon training talents compare?

3. Compare/contrast Akki to Kkarina. How do they approach the fact of being bondwomen in different ways? Who is more likable? Who is the more sympathetic character? Or are either? Are they both good? Do they have any fatal flaws or weaknesses? Who seems more comfortable in her own "skin"?

Essay Topic 2

Dragon's Blood, like many, and perhaps a majority, of novels ends on a happy note. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?

2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Dragon's Blood and whether or not it fulfills all three, two or one of the reasons you mention.

3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, stimulate thought? Why or why not?

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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