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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. What does Jakkin find around his oasis?

2. From whom could Jakkin steal food for his dragon?

3. What does Jakkin offer Likkarn?

4. What does Jakkin tell Red?

5. What do the people not ask when Jakkin and Akki arrive with the drakk?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jakkin begin training his dragon?

2. What do Sarkkhan and Jakkin negotiate?

3. Who has Akki arranged to carry Jakkin's dragon and what does Jakkin wonder about the man?

4. Describe the scene where Sarkkhan gives Jakkin a reward and why Akki gets upset.

5. What happens between Jakkin and Akki at the end of the story and what does Jakkin vow?

6. What does Akki offer to bring Jakkin; is she true to her word, and how else does she help him with his dragon?

7. Who is Jakkin's Red's first opponent and how does Jakkin feel about that?

8. How does Jakkin know something is wrong when he and his dragon are swimming at the opening of Chapter 14?

9. Why is Jakkin momentarily disappointed when he arrives back to his oasis after leaving the kitchen, but what does he then remind himself?

10. What does Akki offer Jakkin for transporting his dragon and why does this make Jakkin angry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in Dragon's Blood. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters most need to grow as human beings? Why? Give examples. What characters seem to have reached close to their full emotional/mental growth? Why? Give examples. What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of slavery/bonders. Which characters have trouble accepting the social system that exists on Austar IV? Why? Which characters seem to feel okay about being bonders? Why? Do you think the bonder system on Austar IV as portrayed in Dragon's Blood is as harsh as a system of slavery such as the one that existed in the United States several hundred years ago? Does the fact that the bonders can buy their way to freedom make it more acceptable? Why or why not.

3. Trace and analyze the theme of violence in Dragon's Blood. Do you think a whole society devoted to raising dragons to fight is a healthy society? Why or why not? Do you think the people are less violent towards their own kind when they can channel their aggression into fighting dragons against each other? Do you think it is moral to raise a less sentient creature to fight? What about non-sentient creatures?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze one major theme of Dragon's Blood. Consider the following: How does one character's actions portray the theme you are analyzing? How does the setting contribute to that theme? Is the theme one that you would call a "universal theme"? If so, what other book or novel that you have read also includes this theme. If not, why don't you think it is a "universal" theme?

2. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Dragon's Blood. How does one character's actions portray the themes you are analyzing? How does the setting contribute to those themes? Is each theme one that you would call a "universal theme"? If so, what other book or novel that you have read also includes this theme. If not, why don't you think it is a "universal" theme?

3. What benefit is there in discussing and analyzing the themes of a work of fiction? Do you think most authors consciously develop themes in their works? Why or why not? Can there be accidental themes? What do you think is one possible "accidental" theme in Dragon's Blood? Which theme in Dragon's Blood speaks to you the most in your life? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss Dragon's Blood based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if Dragon's Blood is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the fact that Dragon's Blood as a novel in a series changes the criteria upon which its success should be judged? Explain.

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