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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 does Ryan say about Rowan's papers?

2. With whom do Michael and Rowan meet?

3. What can Ash smell on the Little People's fire?

4. What does Rowan remember about the boxes in which Lasher kept his papers?

5. To what does Ashlar convert?

Short Essay Questions

1. With whom do Michael and Rowan meet in London and what does he tell them?

2. Where does Ashland live, and why does he hire a young woman?

3. What does Ash say is the reason humans want to find a Taltos and what does Yuri say about someone who could bear a Taltos child?

4. Why is Stuart angry at Marklin and Tommy, how does Marklin respond and what does Tommy say about the situation?

5. What does Stuart say he realized about Tessa, what does Stuart say Tessa told him about Taltos, and why does he think she is a reincarnated being?

6. What do Marklin, Tommy and Stuart discover when they go to the Motherhouse and what do the Talmasca offer Stuart? How does Stuart respond?

7. What does Ash do when he meets Stuart, how does Stuart respond and where do they go?

8. What does Rowan remember at the morgue and what does she think about the people who love her?

9. Where does the woman in the Motherhouse take Ash, and what does he do there?

10. What does Yuri tell Ash when Ash arrives in London?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think Taltos is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

Essay Topic 2

Taltos is one book in a series of novels involving the the Mayfair Witches. Discuss the following.

1. What are some advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Use examples.

2. What are some disadvantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Use examples.

3. Do you prefer to read a standalone book, or a series of books with the same main characters? Explain your response.

4. Do you think it is easier or more difficult (or about the same) to write a standalone book versus one in a series? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Taltos belongs to the fantasy genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the fantasy genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a fantasy and a main stream novel? Explain.

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