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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 the woman tell Covenant about the boy in Chapter seventeen?

2. What does Quaan say in chapter twenty-one after they have passed through the storm?

3. What is the only thing that matters to Covenant when he wakes up in Chapter twenty-five?

4. What does Covenant believe is the reason that Foul attacked Woodhelven as Covenant thinks about it in the end of Chapter seventeen?

5. In the beginning of Chapter fifteen what does Bannor say about the Bloodguard in reference to the white gold?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Covenant meets Winhome Gay in Chapter nineteen?

2. What does Korik say about the battle that he and his men fight in Chapter seventeen?

3. In Chapter twenty-two, what does Covenant notice about his ring?

4. What does Prothall say about the spell on the bridge in Chapter twenty-two?

5. What happens when the two scouts come back to the camp in Chapter seventeen?

6. What are the reactions at the end of chapter twenty-one when Prothall offers to let any turn back before they go into the mountain?

7. What does Covenant think about and answer where Mhoram asks about Covenant's world?

8. Describe the conversation that Prothall has with Llaura in Chapter seventeen?

9. In Chapter fifteen, what does Osondrea say about the meaning of the signs that have come and what are the signs that she talks of?

10. What happens when Prothall tries to call the Fire-Lions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What does the ring symbolize in the story?

2) What is the difference in the right and left hand of Thomas Covenant?

3) Why is it that Covenant was rejected by the High Wood when he grasped it with his left hand but accepted when he grasped it with is right? Why is it that the ring worked for Covenant after Mhoram put it on Covenant's right hand rather than his left?

Essay Topic 2

1) What was significant about the doctor's statement about leprosy being likened to the crucifixion of Christ?

2) What other connections could you make with leprosy from the way that Covenant discusses it.

3) What was the importance of Covenant's dream while on the boat with Foamfollower in which the towns people are taunting Covenant?

Essay Topic 3

1) How is laughter used in the story?

2) Why is it that those in the Land seem to be refreshed or given hope in some way when they laugh?

3) Why is it significant that Covenant cannot laugh?

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