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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 had been given to Laurana?

2. What did Theros Ironfeld say in regards to love?

3. How old does Berem claim to be?

4. What did Fizban do to his dragon?

5. What is important to note about a wyvern's tail?

Short Essay Questions

1. What offer does Tanis make Kitiara? How does he justify this?

2. For what reason was Tanis compelled to grovel at the feet of the Queen of Darkness?

3. How does Caramon take on the role of a high ranking draconian officer and to what end does his acting serve?

4. What things had stopped Laurana?

5. Why did Tas and his parents come through the side gate of the city?

6. What is the first thing that Berem asks of his sister, and what does he do following this?

7. What is part of Kitiara's plan to destroy the armies of the Golden General?

8. What leads the fishermen to their conclusions about the group of companions?

9. Why was the group extraordinarily lucky in chapter two, "The Golden Span"?

10. Why did Laurana feel like a fraud?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare the way Laurana and Kitiara feel about Tanis. Whose love is more genuine? What evidence is there to support this? Who was the reader wishing would win Tanis' affection throughout the story and why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the self imposed confinement some people wished to go into within the lost city of Istar. What kinds of situations would be likely to encourage continued existence within this realm? How does the length of stay influence the continued stay? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss reasons why Flint might have gone after Berem with the speed that he did. Suggest reasons he did so, despite knowing he had a bad heart. How might he have changed his life for the better and lived a longer life if he had stayed with the group? What other events played direct or indirect roles in Flints' condition?

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