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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 work Arya and her sister are learning to do?

2. Who tries to save Bran when the assassin enters his room?

3. What wakes Bran from his coma?

4. Why does Tyrion slap Joffrey across the face when Tyrion tells him to pay his respects to Lady Catelyn and Lord Eddard?

5. What does Eddard tell Robert when Robert offers him the job of King's Hand?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the purpose of the fire that was set in the library as Bran lay injured in his bed?

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

4. Why does it concern Eddard that Jaime is named Warden of the East?

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

6. Explain what happens when Tyrion and Catelyn meet at an inn at the Crossroads.

7. Why is the size of Tyrion's shadow important as he reenters the castle after talking with Jon?

8. What does Varys, the eunuch in Robert's court, tell Eddard about Cersei on the night of the tourney Robert chose not to participate in?

9. What do the direwolf and the stag each represent?

10. Regarding the King's Hand, what does Lady Catelyn Stark need to tell her husband Lord Eddard Stark on the night he rescued the direwolf pups?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author made up the world in which the characters live. Even though the world is much different from ours, what parallels can you draw between the world in A Game of Thrones and the world in which you live?

Essay Topic 2

In A Game of Thrones, Jon Snow and Bran both have dreams. Choose a dream of one of these two characters. Who has the dream? What is the dream about? What symbolism is in the dream? What does the content of the dream tell us about the character who has the dream? Does the dream provide any hints or clues of events that take place later in the story? What is the author's purpose in including the dream in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Subplots have the same story elements as the main plot of a story. Explain one subplot from A Game of Thrones using the typical plot structure: exposition, inciting force, central conflict, rising action, crisis, climax, and resolution. Explain how the subplot is connected to the main plot of the story.

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