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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Prologue, what are three members of the Night Watch doing outside the Wall?
(a) Tearing the Wall down.
(b) Building the Wall up to protect from flooding.
(c) Skirmishing with a group of thieves and beggars.
(d) Chasing wildling raiders.

2. Why does Tyrion regret telling Jon about the Night Watch while they are traveling to the Wall?
(a) Jon becomes even more determined to join the Night Watch.
(b) Tyrion offends Jon.
(c) Tyrion realizes too late that he divulged secret information.
(d) Jon retaliates by mocking Tyrion's physical disability.

3. While Sansa prepares to spend an afternoon with the queen and Princess Myrcella, what does Joffrey ask Sansa to do?
(a) Go for a horseback ride with him.
(b) Attend a formal gathering celebrating their engagement.
(c) Go fishing with him.
(d) Elope.

4. What is the Night Watch?
(a) A group of corpses who kill mindlessly.
(b) A group of direwolves.
(c) An organization of high-ranking soldiers.
(d) An organization of disgraced men.

5. When do the Others show themselves?
(a) Summer.
(b) At dusk.
(c) At dawn.
(d) Winter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Maester Luwin try to persuade Lady Catelyn to leave Bran's bedside?

2. Who does Littlefinger blame for the debt owed by the kingdom to the Lannisters?

3. Who is Lyanna?

4. Who sent the letter about Daenerys' wedding to Khal Drogo that Robert shows to Eddard while they are riding?

5. Why does Ser Alliser, the Night Watch fighting trainer, send three boys against Jon while they are training?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes the internal difficulties faced by the Night Watch?

2. What rules must the members of the Night Watch follow?

3. Why do Cersei and Jaime hope that Bran does not recover from his fall?

4. What is the plan of Viserys, a descendant of the House of Targaryens, for his sister Daenerys?

5. Why does the debt owed by the kingdom to the Lannisters concern Eddard?

6. Describe the story that Old Nan tells Bran as he recovers from his injuries.

7. Explain what happens when Joffrey and Sansa see Arya and Mycah, the butcher's son, practicing sword fighting.

8. Why is Jon not permitted to participate in the activities he views from the parapet?

9. What does Daenerys discover about her husband, Drogo, after they are married?

10. Why does Lady Catelyn decide to travel to King's Landing after the attempt on Bran's life?

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