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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 the Amyrlin say that she used to dream of when she was a novice?

2. What does Moiraine say is wrong with Egwene?

3. What does Moiraine think when she sees that Egwene is sneaking Rand into her quarters?

4. What does Liandrin tell Amalisa there is in the castle?

5. What does Rand ask Egwene to promise him in the end of Chapter eight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Rand and the Warder discuss in Chapter one?

2. What does Rand find when he returns to his room in Chapter two?

3. Describe the scene in Chapter four when Liandrin and Anaiya are taking Moiraine to the Amyrlin.

4. Describe what happens in Chapter eighteen when the Amyrlin comes to give Nynaeve and Egwene a lesson?

5. What does Selene continue to tell Rand about the Horn?

6. What happens in Chapter four when Moiraine enters to speak to the Amyrlin?

7. What is Egwene told in Chapter eleven when she tells one of the Aes Sedai that she has had dreams of Rand?

8. Describe Rand's encounter with Ba'alzamon in Chapter fifteen.

9. Describe what happens in Chapter ten when the bodies of the two men, presumably guards, are found in the tree.

10. What does Moiraine fear after talking to Lan in Chapter twenty-two?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Why was Thom focused on and Dena killed?

2) Speculate on what role Thom will play in the rest of the series.

3) What were the reasons that Thom would not follow Rand? Why did Rand want Thom along so badly? Will Thom look for Rand with Dena dead?

Essay Topic 2

1) Is there any indication that Verin, or any of the other Aes Sedai knew that Ing'tar was a Darkfriend?

2) If you had to describe the Aes Sedai and the way that they manipulate things what would you compare it to or how would you describe it and why?

3) Do you believe that Selene truly cares for Rand? Why did Selene seem to be insulted when Rand continued to ask if she was Aes Sedai? Would it have changed Rand's view of Selene if she had admitted to being Aes Sedai?

Essay Topic 3

1) What role does Rand play in the story? What are his strengths? His weaknesses?

2) Why does Rand fight so hard against Hurin calling him Lord and bowing before him?

3) Explain the way that Rand feels about Egwene compared to how he feels about Selene.

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