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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 are Mary Jane and Mona related?

2. Where does a woman take Ash after he questions her?

3. What feelings does Marklin hide?

4. What does Ash hear in the woods?

5. What was Stuart's goal for Tessa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mona find out at the doctor's office, and what does she want to ask Rowan about it?

2. What does Ash do when he drives to Donnelaith and what does he hear?

3. What happens when Ash meets Tessa?

4. Who does Yuri call in New Orleans, what does he learn and what conclusion does he draw from the information?

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

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

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

8. What does Yuri tell Michael and Rowan Samuel said and why is Ash in the country?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Whenever reading a science fiction or fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains concepts or ideas that are not a part of the "real" world. In the case of Taltos, much of the setting may seem familiar to the reader (i.e. it is in the "real" world), though there are new ideas and terms to learn. Discuss the following:

1. Find five terms that are a part of the world of Taltos that occur in the "real" world, but are used differently in Taltos.

2. Define the words as used in Taltos's world, and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.

3. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a science fiction or fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of Taltos. Did you have to look up any words? What does it mean to learn a word through its context? Do you have to do that in Taltos? What word(s)?

4. Were there any words you never really understood from Taltos? Which ones?

Essay Topic 3

The Taltos are immortal and Ash is said to have been around since the beginning of time. Discuss the following:

1. What sort of cultural problems do you think the United States would have if it were suddenly discovered that 1% of its population possessed immortality like the Taltos?

2. Would you want to part of the 1% of the population who are immortal? Why or why not?

3. Do you think most people would use their immortality for good or evil? Explain.

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