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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Menolly suddenly really want to do?
(a) Go play the gitar she left in the study.
(b) Go to the bathroom.
(c) Go to sleep.
(d) Leave the table.

2. What did Menolly consider to get Dunca to leave her alone?
(a) Asking to change locations.
(b) Telling the Masterharper about the way she was treated.
(c) Calling all her lizards to her.
(d) Calling Beauty to her.

3. Who was the girl who had become outranked by Menolly's presence?
(a) Pona.
(b) Amania.
(c) Briala.
(d) Audiva.

4. What did Master Jerint do that Beauty liked?
(a) Scratched her headknob.
(b) Stroked her headknob.
(c) Stroked her wings.
(d) Tapped her headknob.

5. What were the boys interested to learn from Menolly?
(a) How she won over the attention of Masterharper Robinton.
(b) How she Impressed nine fire lizards.
(c) About her history at the Half Sea Hold.
(d) About the Impression at Benden Weyr.

6. Who is the new queen's weyrwoman?
(a) Talina of Boll Hold.
(b) Talina of Ruatha Hold.
(c) Tarina of Ruatha Hold.
(d) Talina of Benden Weyr.

7. What was the difference between the way Menolly ate and the way the other girls ate?
(a) The girls ate only salad and with better table manners.
(b) The girls said prayers first before eating.
(c) Menolly ate smaller portions.
(d) Menolly ate heartily and zestfully.

8. What phrase had made Menolly mad regarding what Master Morshal had said?
(a) That she 'presumed' to be a harper and pretended to compose music.
(b) That she dared believe that a woman could be a musician and songwriter.
(c) That women were incapable of anything past cooking and cleaning.
(d) That it was not a woman's place to be a harper and she proved it.

9. What Master finally realized that Menolly's fire lizards reacted to her emotion?
(a) Master Morshal.
(b) Master Domick.
(c) Master Jerint.
(d) Master Shonagar.

10. What was the name of the bronze dragon that Menolly rode in on?
(a) Monarth.
(b) Brekke.
(c) Ramoth.
(d) Mnementh.

11. What is F'nor's queen fire lizard called?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Grall.
(c) Grail.
(d) Mnementh.

12. What kinds of sounds were indicative of workshop industry?
(a) Toots and thumps.
(b) All of these.
(c) Hammering.
(d) The scrape of saw on wood.

13. Who is the most fascinated with Menolly's fire lizards?
(a) Camo.
(b) Piemur.
(c) Master Jerint.
(d) Master Shonagan.

14. What person is supposed to be looking after Menolly?
(a) Silvinia.
(b) Silvania.
(c) Silvain.
(d) Silvina.

15. Why is it good that Dunca is strict?
(a) Her charges are healthier.
(b) All of these.
(c) It keeps the boys away.
(d) Her charges learn more.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the boys want Menolly to stay with them?

2. What unusual combination of factors woke Menolly?

3. Why didn't Menolly want to go into the cot?

4. Why didn't Menolly consider licking the juice from her fingers from the redfruit?

5. Why did Beauty keep staring at Piemur?

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