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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 Robb doing when Bran is captured by the wildlings?

2. When Eddard speaks with Cersei while Robert is hunting, why does Eddard suggest to Cersei that she should leave town?

3. Why does Drogo believe a battle against the Seven Kingdoms will be difficult and long?

4. When Daenerys goes into labor, what do her handmaidens do?

5. After the battle at Riverrun, what concerns Catelyn about Tywin's army?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the threat Robert makes to Eddard if Eddard resigns as King's Hand?

4. What is said about Arya's father in the conversation she overhears while she is sword training in the Red Keep?

5. What does Eddard see as a benefit if he joins the Night Watch?

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

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

8. What was the distraction provided by the battle in which Tyrion fought with his father's army?

9. 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?

10. Why does Eddard choose his own man, instead of the King's Justice, to enforce the death sentence against Ser Gregor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Internal conflict affects different characters in the story. Choose a character who faces internal conflict. Explain what the conflict is, how the character attempts to resolve the internal conflict, if the conflict is resolved and how it is resolved. If the conflict is not resolved why it is not resolved? What have you learned about the character from the internal conflict? How does the resolution or lack of resolution of the internal conflict affect the character?

Essay Topic 2

Why did the author title the book A Game of Thrones? What events in the story could be considered a "game"? What does the word "game" usually mean? Do you think any of the characters would use the word "game" to describe the events in the story? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The author uses a variety of made-up words in A Game of Thrones. Why did the author make up words instead of using conventional terms? How does the genre of the story relate to the made-up terms? Does the use of these words enhance or detract from your understanding of the story? Does the use of these words enhance or detract from the content of the story? Select five of these made-up words and explain their meaning in the story.

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