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

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

3. How did Jimmy consider himself well connected?

4. What did the witch require of the moredhel?

5. Who is the Golden Dase's current benefactor?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the heavy crossbow a poor choice of weapon?

2. Who managed to finally put an end to the Moredhel and how did they do it?

3. What character traits do all three of Borric's sons possess?

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

5. What was the extent of negotiations?

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

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

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

9. What struck Jimmy about the men at the next table in the Inn?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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