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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. About whom does the innkeeper ask?

2. What is illegal in the city where Rand is?

3. What does a sul'dam suggest for how to handle a difficult damane?

4. Who is Barsalla?

5. Whom does Rand see in a table at the inn?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Tylin going when Mat rides with her to the city gates?

2. How does Mat know the gholam is still in Ebou Dar and what do others think caused the killings?

3. What does Mat do immediately after Tylin leaves the city?

4. What has Birgitte been busy doing that Mellar reports?

5. How Mat preparing to leave Ebou Dar?

6. Why is Alanna angry with Rand and how does he respond?

7. What do Cadsuane and her party examine inside the Hall of Counsels?

8. What is Bethamin Zeami's goal and how is that difficult to achieve?

9. What does Mat remember to check on for the fireworks maker and what does he learn?

10. Who betrays Rand and what does Rand do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Though it is not a part of "Winter's Heart", the readers are given enough information to learn that Rand Al'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 as a shepherd in a small village (Emond's Field)? 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 female?

Essay Topic 2

Whenever reading a science fiction or fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains concepts or ideas that are not a part of the "real" world. In the case of "Winter's Heart", much of the setting may seem familiar to the reader (i.e. there are woods, mountains, rivers, oceans, etc.), though there are new ideas and terms to learn.

Discuss the following:

1. Find five terms that are a part of the world of "Winter's Heart" that occur in the "real" world but are used differently in "Winter's Heart".

2. Define the words as used in in "Winter's Heart"'s world and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.

3. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a science fiction or fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of "Winter's Heart". Did you have to look up any words? What does it mean to learn a word through its context? Do you have to do that in "Winter's Heart"? What word(s)?

4. Were there any words you never really understood from "Winter's Heart"? Which ones?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following to discuss:

1. Compare/contrast Rand and Mat. How are they alike? How are they different? Are they both protagonists? Antagonists? Or? Are they likable characters? How critical are they to the plot of "Winter's Heart"? Whom do you like the most of the two? Why? Do you think they each are critical to the success of "Winter's Heart"?

2. Compare/contrast Rand and Perrin. How are they alike? How are they different? Are they both protagonists? Antagonists? Or are they likable characters? How critical are they to the plot of "Winter's Heart"? Whom do you like the most of the two? Why? Do you think they each are critical to the success of "Winter's Heart"?

3. Compare/contrast Mat and Perrin. How are they alike? How are they different? Are they both protagonists? Antagonists? Or are they likable characters? How critical are they to the plot of "Winter's Heart"? Whom do you like the most of the two? Why? Do you think they each are critical to the success of "Winter's Heart"?

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