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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 did Jimmy see in Arutha's eyes?

2. What did Arutha ask of Jimmy?

3. How did Jimmy feel about his new garb?

4. What was the name of the goddess of sailors?

5. Why did Nathan wish to withdraw from the room?

Short Essay Questions

1. What drew Arutha's attention from Anita?

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

3. Why wouldn't Jimmy take orders from Arutha?

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

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

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

7. Who had been the intended target and how was it that Laughing Jack managed to be alive?

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

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

10. How did the being that took Jack lie?

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

Every character who serve's Arutha gets rewarded. Do you think this sends the wrong message to the public that good deeds always are rewarded? Explain your answer. Which character gained no further reward? Why do you think this was?

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, knowledge of some kind or another is utilized. How is each person in the party capable of a specialization? Which specialization is most applicable in a majority of situations? Which characters traits and specialties serve Arutha most frequently and how? Which character's traits and specialties serve Arutha least frequently?

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