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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 was Jimmy expected to do as Squire?

2. Who offers to go to locate the cure?

3. Who did Jimmy discover was in league with the enemy of the Mockers?

4. What position was implied for Volney?

5. Who met the party on the road out of Krondor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the captain of the Royal Eagle wish that the tall spires of Rillanon were in sight?

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

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. How did Martin know that the Moredhel was high ranking?

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

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. Why were the 'Dog Soldiers' called that?

9. What was the plan to throw the Moredhel off Arutha's trail?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the relationships that have already been established in the previous novel? How did these relationships provide the characters with a bit more of a dimension? Explain how it would have developed had there been no back story?

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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