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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. Who is to be Jack's opponent in the Games?

2. Why does Dr. Longbranch suggest a story of Jack's death to Linda?

3. What does Hastings say is the reward of winning the Games?

4. What is the first charm Jack conjures to protect himself from Ellen?

5. How many bouts does Jeremiah claim to have fought before he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What theory does Fitch tell Linda about Susannah's death?

2. Why does Jack stop during a training bout to talk with Jeremiah? What doe he learn?

3. What habit have Hastings and Becka gotten into since Jack's recovery? How does Jack feel about Becka's continuing presence?

4. Where does Longbranch want Jack to fight? What excuse does Longbranch come up with to hide Jack's death in the fight?

5. Who helps save Jack's life in Chapter 11? How?

6. Why is Jack called out of class in Chapter 11? What does Jack believe is happening?

7. What does Jack learn about Hastings' previous relationship with Linda? What does Hastings say about the women in Jack's family?

8. For what reason does Linda tell Jack that Hastings wants to make Jack fight in the Games?

9. What does Hastings tell Jack will happen if the Rules of Engagement are ever broken? What does this have to do with the origin of the Weir stones?

10. Why does Susannah claim the dragon has awakened? What is the result of this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happens during the Games? Why does Jack use magic during the Games? Why is Hastings blamed for the first spell Jack uses? How do the judges come to realize that Jack is creating the spells? What do the judges do to prevent Jack from using any more spells? How does Ellen manage to get the better of Jack during the Games? What does Ellen do instead of killing Jack? Why does Ellen refuse to kill Jack? What do the judges say the consequences of Ellen and Jack's actions will be?

Essay Topic 2

What happens when Linda and Hastings prevent the judges from killing Jack and Ellen at the end of the Games? Who invades the arena and begins to kill some of the judges? Who else appears? What does this person say the judges have awakened with their unfair games? What rule changes are made as a result of Ellen and Jack's tournament? What is Trinity to become for the guilds? Do these new rules solve the problems Leander Hastings was attempting to fix by having Jack fight?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Leander Hastings? What role does he play at Jack's school? Why does Linda arrange for Hastings to begin training Jack with the sword? What kind of training do they do? What is unusual about the opponents Leander provides for Jack? How does Jack fair in the beginning of his training? Why does Hastings continually push Jack to do better and better in his training? What makes the reader begin to think that Hastings might have ulterior motives in training Jack? What might these motives be?

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