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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. What wakes Bran from his coma?
(a) Water splashed on his face by his mother.
(b) The sunshine on his face after a shadow blocking it moves.
(c) His direwolf howling outside his bedroom window.
(d) The crow in his dream.

2. Why does Maester Luwin try to persuade Lady Catelyn to leave Bran's bedside?
(a) She needs to eat.
(b) She needs to rest.
(c) She needs to attend to business left undone when Eddard left.
(d) She needs to attend to another sick child.

3. According to Lady Catelyn, how might the king perceive Lord Eddard's refusal to become the King's Hand?
(a) The king might see his refusal as an opportunity to offer the job to someone less honorable.
(b) The king might see his refusal as oppostion to him.
(c) The king might see his refusal as weakness and take advantage of this weakness.
(d) The king's brotherly feelings might be hurt because of his refusal.

4. Why does Jon want to keep the five direwolf pups they find when they are riding back to town after executing the Night Watch deserter?
(a) The direwolf is the symbol of the Stark family.
(b) The direwolf is the symbol of the Stark family's rival.
(c) Direwolves are known to be loyal protectors.
(d) Jon's half-sister loves animals.

5. When Lady Catelyn tells her husband about Robert Baratheon, what does their conversation reveal about Lord Eddard's feelings about Robert's wife and family?
(a) Eddard is disappointed to hear of the divorce because his wife's family is very influential.
(b) Eddard worries about Robert's wife and her family now that Robert is injured.
(c) Eddard holds Robert's wife and her family in high esteem, so he calls a war council to plan the rescue of the family.
(d) Eddard does not like Robert's wife and her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Night Watch?

2. What does Will, the scout, see while outside the Wall?

3. How does Robert feel about Daenerys' wedding to Khal Drogo?

4. What is at the root of Lady Catelyn's dislike for Jon Snow?

5. What does Robert Baratheon tell Lord Eddard about Jon Arryn's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jon become deeply offended when Tyrion tells him the Night Watch is made up of criminals and illegitimate children?

2. In general, what does Bran's dream tell him about his family?

3. After Robert finishes arguing with his squires before the tourney, what does Robert reveal to Eddard about Joffrey and Cersei?

4. What does Eddard learn about Gendry, a boy who is apprenticed to the master armorer, Tobho Mott?

5. What information about the setting does the author provide in the prologue?

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

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

8. Explain what happens when Bran is climbing near the First Keep and overhears a conversation.

9. When Bran looks toward the Wall in his dream, what does he see?

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

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