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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 is the name of Xaden’s second-in-command?

2. For which section is Dain a squad leader?

3. Which of the following writes a history of Navarre?

4. What treaty exists between Navarre and Krovla?

5. What color is the feathertail at Presentation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do cadets attend Battle Brief daily?

2. Why are pre-bonded cadets advised to talk to each other during Presentation?

3. What is Threshing in the novel?

4. Why is the Gauntlet so named?

5. What trade goods does Navarre offer?

6. How does Navarre tradition dictate the goods of the dead be treated?

7. What accounts for the design of the Gauntlet?

8. What does Violet adopt as a mantra?

9. Why does Violet’s mother assert she will do well at Basgiath?

10. At Basgiath, what is a “repeat”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the symbiosis between dragons and humans in the novel. In the novel, is what each gains worth what each pays for it? How does the work explain whether it is or not?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the curriculum at Basgiath War College. How effective a curriculum does it seem to be? How does the text bear out that effectiveness?

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