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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 significant about the rings?

2. What formed the cross of fire?

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

4. What would shake the guild to its core?

5. What was Rillanon called?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was the extent of negotiations?

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

7. How did Gardan know where to look for the Prince?

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

9. What made the Moredhel hard to kill?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Princess Carline's love for Laurie. Is it a mature, or immature love? How does the reader know? Describe Carline's faults. How do these lend to the image that Carline's love is immature? How do her character traits argue that the former is true?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Pug's return to Kelewan. Why didn't his wife want him returning? What dangers were there posed on his life? What good did Pug seek to learn while he was there? What good did he do while there?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the overall theme of good versus evil throughout the novel. Was there any clear indication that good would win? Why or why not? Is this a clever element to a story or not? Why?

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