3. Why is Burrich upset?
(a) He ran into some bandits.
(b) He and Verity and their group were attacked.
(c) He fought a duel that morning.
(d) Verity is dead.

4. From whom does Kettricken receive messages?
(a) Burrich.
(b) Several Dukes.
(c) Verity.
(d) Duke Brawndy.

5. What concerns Fitz about Chade?
(a) That he is not with Kettricken.
(b) That he will also be put to death.
(c) That Chade will confess under torture.
(d) That he will be blamed for Verity's absence.

6. How does Regal treat Duke Brawndy?
(a) He courts his daughter.
(b) He throws him a party.
(c) He throws him in the dungeon.
(d) He ignores him.

7. What does Fitz tell Molly about?
(a) His new assignment.
(b) Patience's questions.
(c) The Fool's background.
(d) King Shrewd's orders.

8. What does Kettricken do with Duke Brawndy?
(a) Tells him to speak to Verity.
(b) Offers him jewelry to help rebuild his town.
(c) Has an affair with him.
(d) Nothing.

9. Why has Fitz begun to have feelings for Kettricken?
(a) He has given up Molly.
(b) He a young man who is interested in most women.
(c) Kettricken is interested in him.
(d) From receiving Verity's feelings for her in his head.

10. Where is Fitz summoned the day after he visited the king?
(a) To Chade's room.
(b) To Kettricken.
(c) To the palace chamberlain.
(d) To Regal.

11. Who has made the herbs that are stealing the king's mind?
(a) Burrich.
(b) Chade.
(c) Regal.
(d) Will.

12. What do Verity and Kettricken decide needs to be done?
(a) Find out where the Red ships come from.
(b) Find out what's wrong with Verity's father.
(c) Find Fitz's father's sword.
(d) Find the Elerlings.

13. What happens when Fitz takes a potion?
(a) He dies.
(b) He is able to be strong enough to bend his prison bars.
(c) He appears dead.
(d) Nothing.

14. What does Kettricken ask Fitz about when he visits her?
(a) Molly.
(b) Regal.
(c) The Elderlings.
(d) King Shrewd's illness.

15. What does Patience tell Fitz about Molly and her body?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is not sleeping enough.
(c) She is not eating well.
(d) She is taking a birth control herb.