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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. How much did the leader of the Guild want for information on the Nighthawks?

2. What did Jimmy notice had been out of the ordinary?

3. What creature did Jimmy nearly kill?

4. What did Arutha ask of Jimmy?

5. What group did Jimmy belong to?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the clergy people reveal about what they had learned regarding the beast they had fought.

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

4. Why did Jimmy want to tell Arutha what had been going on, and what he had witnessed with the assassin?

5. Why was Jimmy in trouble, and why was the Upright Man willing to spare him?

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

7. How had Arutha and Anita gotten to know each other?

8. What did Jimmy learn following his first night out?

9. What images did Jimmy have going through his mind?

10. What made the Moredhel hard to kill?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the organization of the Mockers. What would this kind of organization be called on Earth? What information leads you to this conclusion? Would an organization like the Mockers succeed in our world? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Princess Carline's need to make formal the arrangements between herself and Laurie. What reasons did she give to him for this desire? Were these reasons rational, or emotional in nature? What was the hidden meaning behind her words that he would "become a memory"? Explain your answer using quotes from the book.

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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