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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 Tessa request of Ash?

2. Who is Lasher?

3. What project is ongoing in Mona's family?

4. What does Ash say about Tessa?

5. Why does Rowan think Michael will be angry with her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what kind of place does Mary Jane live?

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

4. What does Mona crave when she wakes and why does Ryan come by the house?

5. What does Ash do first when he goes to the Talmasca's Motherhouse?

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

7. What are Marklin and Tommy discussing when they return to the Motherhouse, and how does Marklin feel about entering the house?

8. 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?

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

10. What phone call does Ash get in Chapter 1, and what is the result of that phone call?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. What is foreshadow? How many incidences of foreshadow are in Taltos? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in Taltos including why you believe it is foreshadow. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from Taltos and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

In Taltos, there seems to be many individuals/groups who are not trustworthy: Discuss one of the following:

1. Name two groups/factions/individuals who are untrustworthy, and analyze their actions and impact upon the plot throughout Taltos.

2. Name two groups/factions/individuals who are trustworthy, and analyze their actions and impact upon the plot throughout Taltos.

3. Who do you think Ash trusts in this book and is his trust well founded? Who does he mistrust and why? Give specific examples.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in Taltos. Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of courage in Taltos. Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of death in Taltos. Consider the death of whole races such as the Taltos or the Little People. Include the homicides that happen in Taltos.

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