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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. Why does the Association wish to put Milamber to death?

2. What does Arutha say when he asks why Radburn wants him?

3. What do they plan on Pug and Laurie teaching Kasumi?

4. What does the man in charge ask Arutha?

5. Why does Hokanu hang Nogamu?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pug see on his last test?

2. What does Hokanu tell his father about Pug and Laurie?

3. What happens when Amos wakes and what is the gist of his and Trevor's conversation?

4. Who appears at the queen's abode and what does he tell the queen about their enemy and himself?

5. What does Arutha decide to do?

6. Who is Kasumi and what do they want Pug and Laurie to do with him?

7. What happens to Arutha when he runs to escape?

8. What does Princess Anita do when she enters the room and what does she say?

9. What does Milamber undo in secret?

10. What does Chogana tell Pug before Pug leaves the camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pug falls in love with a servant girl in the house and wants to marry her but is forbidden. You aren't told why but that it goes back to the secrets they are keeping from Pug and Laurie.

1. Do you think the above situation is a foreshadow of something later in the book? Why or why not?

2. Do you think two slaves should be allowed to marry each other? Why or why not?

3. How closely do you think the slave situation in this book resembles the one that used to be in place before the Civil War in America? Discuss in detail the differences and similarities.

Essay Topic 2

In chapter 7, Princess Anita is smuggled on board in order to escape a forced marriage with Guy du Bas-Tyra, who wants to use Anita as a means to gain the throne. Anita announces to her cousin, Arutha, that their parents had intended them to marry for the sake of the kingdom ever since the two were quite young. In many cultures both in fantasy and the "real" world, women have no say over who they marry--even in the Western world up until the 20th century, women were often forced to marry for political or social expediency. Discuss one of the following:

1. How would you react if you were told at a very early age who you would marry? Would you be willing to obey your parents knowing that there is very little future for an unmarried woman.

2. Even though women have been controlled as far as marriage for centuries, some men are just as "stuck" with an unwanted marriage partner as a women--these are usually nobles who must marry to keep or raise the standing of their families. If you are a man and are told who you would marry and you found that person quite unacceptable, would you give up money and position to defy your parents?

3. Why do you think forced marriages are occurring less and less often even in countries where woman are still quite oppressed?

Essay Topic 3

Magician, Master falls in the genre called fantasy. Discuss the following:

1. What is the definition of genre? Fantasy genre? How do you know Magician, Master falls in the genre of fantasy? Give examples.

2. Other than entertainment, why do you think people might read fantasy?

3. Fantasy is sometimes considered second-rate fiction--i.e., that it is not good enough to be studied in academe. Why do you think this is true? Do you think it is a valid argument?

4. What might someone learn from reading fantasy?

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