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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. How did the girls regard Menolly?

2. What is the problem of the girls?

3. What did Menolly have more of than the boys?

4. What did Menolly concentrate on when she was singing?

5. Who is the most fascinated with Menolly's fire lizards?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Menolly observe about the way people ate at the dining hall?

2. What does it mean to 'walk the tables'?

3. How did Menolly imagine life in the Harper Hall?

4. Why does Menolly expect that her parents were unappreciative of her music?

5. Why would the fire lizards eat pretty much any time?

6. Why was rehearsal usually fun?

7. What are the two possible ways Camo could react to Piemur feeding the fire lizards?

8. Why was Menolly's arrival at the Harper Craft Hall a triumphal success?

9. Why did Menolly wish that she could go between?

10. What startled Menolly about the way Master Jerint was addressed by the stocky man who was wearing faded journeyman's markings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the growth Menolly has undergone since the start of her stay at the Harper Craft Hold. What kinds of things has she learned about the craft of music? What kinds of things has she learned about herself? What about regarding others?

Essay Topic 2

Menolly uses music not as a hobby but a way of life. How is it essential to her being? How would she fare without the influence of music in her life? What might have happened to her if she would have remained at the Half Circle Hold?

Essay Topic 3

How does Journeyman Sebell think that Master Domick is superior to the Masterharper? What kind of impression did Menolly get from his imparting of the information? What kinds of things could Menolly learn from Master Domick that she might not learn elsewhere?

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