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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 does Arya do after overhearing the conversation about her father while she was sword training in the Red Keep?

2. What does Drogo do with the men he discovers destroying a village?

3. Where does Robb want to send his army of foot soldiers?

4. Because Bran keeps insisting that the children of the forest exist, what does Maester Luwin do?

5. What does Bran learn from the wildling girl about what exists on the other side of the Wall?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Robb and Catelyn decide to do about the letter from Sansa?

2. While Bran is riding in the woods with Robb and some of their men, what do the wildlings who capture Bran want to do with him?

3. What event causes Drogo to change his mind and invade the Seven Kingdoms?

4. Why is Jon sent to his room under guard after he has a fight with Ser Alliser at dinner?

5. Even though Tyrion survives the battle with Robb's army, why is he upset about the flank of the army to which his father assigned him?

6. What gesture does Daenerys make toward her brother Viserys that shows she is growing up?

7. What does Lysa Arryn say about the Lannisters that shows she is unstable?

8. What is the deal Catelyn makes with Lord Walder of the Twins so Robb's army can cross the river?

9. When Sansa discusses the children she and Joffrey will have, what does Eddard realize about Jon Arryn's death?

10. What are Eddard's conflicting feelings about remaining in King's Landing when he resigns as the King's Hand?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore the nature of good and evil as it exists in A Game of Thrones. In the war between the Lannisters and the Starks, was one side all good and the other side all evil? What makes you think this? Do the Targaryens represent good or evil? Why?

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

Name a character, other than the main characters, who is important to the story. Why is the character important? Could the story have been written without this character? Why or why not?

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