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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 makes even the 'evil' gods not truly evil?

2. After what situation did Jimmy feel he should be carrying the distillation?

3. How did Jimmy feel about his new garb?

4. What did Arutha give the Fuller?

5. Which boy started in giving Jimmy a hard time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the views Jimmy harbors regarding the nobility?

2. Why did Jimmy state that they "should have waited on the temples' pleasure"?

3. What kinds of things did Jimmy know about the sewers?

4. How did the being that took Jack lie?

5. What revelation added double meaning to the Princes' remark that himself and Jimmy were already friends?

6. Why did the witch tell the priest of the Pantathian serpent people to stop making signs? What stopped the serpent person from continuing?

7. Why did Jimmy come and tell the Prince his life was in jeopardy instead of reporting to the Mockers as he ought to have?

8. What did the Moredhel command the people he was with to do following the witch's reading?

9. Why were the 'Dog Soldiers' called that?

10. Why did the old witch gasp at the sight of the central figure when he removed his cloak?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the novel as a whole. Where were the novel's weak points? Where was it strongest? What would you improve and how? Discuss the themes and plot twists as possibilities that need improving.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Jimmy the Hand throughout the novel. How does he adapt to the situation? What makes him seem a little less realistic as a person? What gives him depth as a character?

Essay Topic 3

Martin mentally weighs the concern of his brother for Anita, and fears for his mental state. Do you think Arutha would be like his father and withdrawal into bitterness for always? Why or why not? What information leads you to this conclusion? Utilize quotes from the book.

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