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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. Where are Bitterblue and Katsa the next morning?

2. About what does Bitterblue agree with Po and Katsa?

3. How does Katsa get an exhausted Bitterblue to continue moving?

4. Who else does Po begin to wrestle?

5. Why does Katsa have a patch over one eye?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Po say about his blindness and how did he overcome his self-pity?

2. What happens when Katsa and Bitterblue first arrive at Po's castle?

3. How does Katsa get Bitterblue through the pass?

4. How does Katsa figure out that Po is blind, what does she do when she realizes it and what is Po's response?

5. How does Katsa feel when Leck begins to talk and how does she end up killing him?

6. How do Po and Katsa find Bitterblue?

7. What is the route Katsa and Bitterblue take out of Monsea, why do they let the horse go and what does Katsa do with the saddle?

8. Where is Bitterblue while Katsa is with Po in the cave?

9. What does Po need to do now that Bitterblue has told them what happened, what does he leave Katsa and why?

10. What do the other people in the room do when Katsa kills Leck and what is Bitterblue's response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Po is brought in to see his grandfather Tealiff. There is a barely concealed confrontation of suitors between Giddon and Po, as Giddon protests that Po has scratched Katsa's face in their fight. Katsa tells them both that she is the Graced power Katsa, not some woman to argue over, and the two men make their peace.

1. Why would Giddon use Katsa's scratch as an excuse to verbally attack Po? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

2. Katsa seems to think that men fighting over her is degrading to her. Do you agree? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

3. Do you think men treat women who are powerful and/or confident differently than one who is unsure of herself or appears weak? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Katsa is shown to want to be moral in that she will not kill the guards if it is not necessary. Katsa is a conflicted character who kills for her uncle King Randa but has been organizing a secret Council to right wrongs in all of the seven kingdoms.

1. Do you think Katsa made a wise decision to not kill the guards? Why or why not?

2. Discuss, with examples, why it appears that Katsa is conflicted about her morality.

3. Do you think Katsa's work with the secret council makes up for the fact of her killing people for the king? Why or why not? Use examples from the text and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Po and Leck. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Katsa and Po. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in "Graceling" help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

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