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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 many traps had Jimmy avoided since Jaccon?

2. What did the bad thing look like?

3. Arutha hid what emotion at the end of chapter twelve?

4. What do the Thun say of those beneath the ice?

5. How did Baru stop Murad from crushing his spine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the thing that descended in flight from the heavens look like?

2. What allowances did Arutha give to Roald and Gardan?

3. Galain explained that he would leave a trail and Arutha was concerned that the Moredhel could follow the same trail. Why couldn't they?

4. What does the prophecy have to do with Arutha?

5. Discuss Milamber/Pug's fall from grace and his subsequent disbranding of being a Great One?

6. Why do the magicians assume that the Dark Power is from Kelewan and traveled through the Rift?

7. Describe Elvandar.

8. Describe the Thun.

9. Why was the renegade moredhel shot down by his comrade?

10. What are the Black Slayers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the writing style and storyline of Tolkien and Feist. How are they similar? How are they different? Are there too many similarities between the two characters? Explain your answer. Who do you think is a better storyteller and why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Murad and the Dark Brothers. What do you suppose is the author's reason for not giving them substantial motivations, or at least, motivations that have been made evident to the reader? Can you think of any possible motivations that they might have? Why these ones?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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