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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 was around the neck?

2. What did Goldmoon say in response to Sturm's desire to continue to escort them?

3. Why did the Clerics need the staff?

4. What does Flint reveal about the dragon?

5. Why don't the bosses come down to the gully dwarf city, according to the one Raistlin befriended?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Goldmoon feel that what the elves were doing regarding the hostages was cruel?

2. What are the two cruelest forms of torture?

3. How had Sturm perceived the Plainsman's offer of help to watch?

4. Why won't the group split up?

5. Why did Eben betray his companions?

6. Why was there no need for talk among the companions and Verminaard?

7. What had Tasslehoff been giggling about?

8. What does everyone feel following the disappearance of the draconian?

9. Why did people go to the Inn in the evenings?

10. What is hope, to Raistlin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Tika's reputation at the bar, and what is insinuated by the way the characters see her? What is the truth behind the rumors? How was it likely that she gained such a reputation, and how might she clear it up?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relationships between each of the characters. Which characters maintain the strongest bonds, and why do you think that is? How does the allusion to previous adventures the group had shared provide a timeline and a basis of trust for the characters in this novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss three central themes for this novel. What made you consider these themes specifically, and what brought them to your attention? Explain why these are the core themes throughout the novel.

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