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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 Amys tell Egwene?

2. Where is Min going?

3. What does Rand do with lightning from Callandor?

4. What does Egwene tell Mat?

5. What does one letter that Siuan Sanche receives from Morraine say?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Ways and how the Dark One's taint affected them.

2. What happens to Rand when women channel and how might that foreshadow events in the future?

3. What are the prophesies about the Aiel that Rhuarc shares with Rand and how does Rand fulfill them?

4. What does Elayne learn about the Windfinders and how do they instruct Elayne?

5. How does Rand respond when he sees a young girl who has been killed in the fighting at the Stone of Tear?

6. How do Thom and Moiraine both try to outmaneuver each other?

7. How does the rift between Faile and Perrin mirror the one with Gaul to Bain and Chiad?

8. How do Perrin and Loial differ in their opinion about what to do to the key to the Manethren Waygate?

9. How does the ter'angreal doorway in Rhuidean differ from the one in Tear?

10. How does what happened to Thom's nephew, Owyn, affect Thom's life and choices?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dain Bornheld of the Whitecloaks believes he is in the Two Rivers to drive Perrin into the open, but it is Padan Fain who has manipulated Pedron Niall into the act, hoping to lure Rand back to his home by stirring up trouble in the Two Rivers. Discuss the following:

Who are the Whitecloaks and how do they impact the action/characters/plot in THE SHADOW RISING?

What is the irony of a leader of the Whitecloaks being manipulated by Padan Fain?

How are the actions of the Whitecloaks similar to some actions by fanatics in "real life"?

Essay Topic 2

Though it is not a part of THE SHADOW RISING, 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 Shadow Rising?

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

When Rand enters Rhuidean, he experiences a series of visions that reveal the history of the Aiel people. Discuss the following:

What is so disturbing about the history of the Aiel people that one potential Aiel Clan chief gouges out his eyes in order to not see the visions?

Why do you think Rand decides to reveal what he sees in the visions of Aiel history to all the Aiel people?

Do you think Rand is wise to have told the Aiel people the truth about their heritage? Why or why not.

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