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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 Kadere do to silence Isendre?

2. What did Brigitte not believe about Elayne until they are on the boat?

3. What does Melindhra tell Mat as she is dying?

4. Who does Mat find in Rand's tent?

5. Why does Elayne bond Birgitte as a Warder?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elayne demonstrate her compassion and potential as the next queen of Andor when they are leaving a boat out of Samara?

2. What do Nynaeve and Galad talk about?

3. What does Min share with Elayne about Rand from one of Min's visions that involves Min and Elayne? What is Elayne's response?

4. What does Elayne finally tell Thom and Juilin after she has bonded Brigitte?

5. Describe three of the refugees that make their way onto the boat with Elayne's group.

6. How does Rand end up adding more to his list of women who have been killed around him or because of him?

7. What does Davram Bashere want and what is Rand's response?

8. Describe the interaction between Nynaeve and Uno.

9. What does Moiraine give Rand?

10. How does Mat end up fighting the Shaido?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in THE FIRES OF HEAVEN.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of THE FIRES OF HEAVEN. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of THE FIRES OF HEAVEN. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 2

Though it is not a part of THE FIRES OF HEAVEN, the readers are given enough information to learn that Rand A'Thor was, up until a short time ago, a shepherd in a small village in Two Rivers. Discuss the following:

How do you think Rand has changed from who he was before Moiraine comes to his village to the Rand he is in THE FIRES OF HEAVEN?

Why do you think Jordan chooses a young, unknown man to be the hero of the series?

How would the book have been different if Rand had been a prince?

How would the book have been different if the Dragon Reborn had been a female?

Essay Topic 3

THE FIRES OF HEAVEN is one book in a series of novels involving the Dragon Reborn. Discuss the following.

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

2. What are a couple 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.

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