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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Chade let Golden believe he is going?
(a) So Golden will stay happy.
(b) So Dutiful will believe Golden is going.
(c) To keep Tom happy.
(d) So Golden will not make other plans.

2. How does Thick feel about having Skill lessons?
(a) He hates the idea.
(b) He is indifferent about it.
(c) He is wildly enthusiastic about it.
(d) It is better than being a servant.

3. How does Tom get dismissed from Golden's employ?
(a) Golden and Tom stage a huge fight.
(b) The Queen makes Tom a messenger.
(c) The Queen appoints him to the guard.
(d) Golden hires Swift.

4. Why is Swift at the court?
(a) To see Tom.
(b) To see Web.
(c) To ask to be a page.
(d) To ask if he can join the Queen's guard.

5. What happens with Tom and Svanja's father?
(a) They decide to make Hap and Svanja marry.
(b) They have a drink together.
(c) They decide to make Hap and Svanja separate.
(d) They get into a physical fight.

6. Who are Swift's parents?
(a) Golden and Starling.
(b) Nettle and Steadfast.
(c) Molly and Burrich.
(d) Molly and Tom.

7. What does Tom say to Golden about the quest?
(a) He apologizes and says he will miss him.
(b) He does not want to go on the quest.
(c) He is happy Golden is going.
(d) He believes he will dies on the quest.

8. What does Chade suggest to Tom about the coterie?
(a) Asking Civil to join.
(b) Joining the quest himself.
(c) Asking Nettle to join.
(d) Getting Jinna to join.

9. How is Tom healed of his injury?
(a) Jinna heals him.
(b) A coterie of Golden, Dutiful, Chade and Thick.
(c) A hedgewitch uses herbs on him.
(d) Tom heals himself.

10. Why does Tom use the Skill to bring Thick to him?
(a) To have Thick clean up Chade's rooms.
(b) To give Thick a red whistle.
(c) To make the prince jealous.
(d) So Thick can bring firewood.

11. Why is Hap not with Svanja?
(a) Her father has locked her in the house.
(b) She has run away from home.
(c) She has taken up with a sailor.
(d) She wants an older man.

12. What does Chade do with the Skill?
(a) Put out a general call to the Skilled.
(b) Harass the Piebalds.
(c) Spy for the Queen.
(d) Nothing in particular.

13. What kind of agreement do Civil and Laudwine have?
(a) For Civil to spy on the palace.
(b) For Civil to kidnap the prince.
(c) For Laudwine to help with assassinating Tom.
(d) For Civil to start riots in town.

14. What does the Prince think of Thick?
(a) He likes him.
(b) He thinks he is stupid and disgusting.
(c) He feels towards Thick like a younger brother.
(d) He admires Thick's Skill.

15. Why is Nettle upset?
(a) She wants Tom to come visit her.
(b) She is being sent to court.
(c) She is not allowed to meet Tom.
(d) Burrich and Swift won't tell her why they fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in Tom's body when it is healed?

2. What do Thick's employers call Tom?

3. What type of symbol does Tom discuss in the epilogue?

4. What do some of the Old Blood want from the Queen?

5. What does Dutiful tell Tom he knows about Tom?

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