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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. Where did Jaxom and Piemur first meet?

2. What is the name of Piemur's runner beast?

3. Where do Jaxom and Ruth spend the night after locating D'ram?

4. Who else also has the same illness that Jaxom has?

5. How much older is T'kul than F'lar?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways is Stupid a clever beast?

2. How did Menolly get her fire-lizard Poll?

3. What other types of camps are being built on the Southern Continent?

4. What does Ruth tell Jaxom when he asks him if he would like to fly Path?

5. Why at the beginning of Chapter 13, does Ruth wonder if Jaxom feels better?

6. Why is the watchdragon angry when Menolly and Jaxom go to Benden Weyr to tell them they have found D'ram?

7. What are the Dawn Sisters?

8. How does Menolly know that there are fire-lizards in the South?

9. What do Piemur, Jaxom, and Sharra dream about the night they found the fire-lizard clutch?

10. What will D'ram need if he is to become Weyrleader at the weyr in Southern?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss why it was important for the identity of the ones who returned Ramoth's egg to remain a secret and why it would have been detrimental for their identities to be revealed. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Argue whether it was mostly Robinton's maneuvering or something else that attributed to everyone on Pern looking to the Benden Weyrleaders for leadership on the Southern Continent. Use examples from the book to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

There is a weyr axiom that says "a dragon is not better than his rider." Using examples from the novel to support your position, argue whether the rider does or does not make the dragon.

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