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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 did Master Jerint ask Menolly to do?

2. What were the boys interested to learn from Menolly?

3. How does Piemur help Menolly at first?

4. Why was Dunca grumbling about Petiron?

5. What was Audiva's reaction to the situation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was pleased to see the confounded expression on the face of Audiva and why was she confused?

2. What was the positive outcome to Pona's vicious attack on Menolly behind her back?

3. What seems to be the attitude of Master Morshal's opinion of women as harpers?

4. Where does Pona's uncle suggest that the weyrmen should be going?

5. Why does Menolly sigh when Piemur explains what it means to 'walk the tables'?

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

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

8. Who is Master Harper Robinton the son of, and why did this surprise Menolly?

9. How did the boys at the Harper Hall act differently from those at the Half Sea Hold?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how Menolly may have fared had she not had her fire lizards. How are they a background force that help Menolly to succeed within the Harper Craft Hall?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the multiple themes throughout this novel. Which one do you consider to be the central theme? What determines this? How does this theme tie into and complement the other themes?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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