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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kris hear in his dream?
(a) Talia weeping ahead of him.
(b) A young baby crying in a snowbank.
(c) His Companion calling him.
(d) Talia laughing hysterically behind him.

2. What does Talia worry about doing?
(a) Driving Kris and his Companion away.
(b) Driving Rolan away.
(c) Driving herself crazy.
(d) Driving Kris over the edge.

3. What is wrong with the villagers?
(a) Snow fever.
(b) Berryman plague.
(c) Alder plague.
(d) Mosquito fever.

4. Who is the courier who arrives?
(a) Elspeth.
(b) Dirk.
(c) Sherren.
(d) Skif.

5. What does Talia think Lord Orthallen fears in regards to Talia?
(a) Her influence with Alberich.
(b) Her influence with Selenay.
(c) Her ability to influence Lord Orthallen.
(d) That she will try to influence Kris to marry her.

6. What stories do Kris and Talia believe when they hear the wind roaring the next morning?
(a) Stories about a witch who lives in the nearby woods.
(b) They've never heard stories about the Northern border.
(c) Ones about the Forest of Sorrows and Vanyel's Curse.
(d) Ones about ice giants in the mountains.

7. How does Rolan seem while they are traveling?
(a) On edge.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Irritable.
(d) Stable.

8. What does Kris suggest they do to alert anyone passing by on the road?
(a) Plow their way from the road to the waystation.
(b) He camp out by the road.
(c) Nothing since they don't want to alert brigands.
(d) Place signals.

9. What does one tree do in the windstorm?
(a) It destroys the supply shed.
(b) It falls and smashes one corner of the Waystation's roof.
(c) It falls against the wind.
(d) It fell and broke into tiny pieces because it was so brittle from the cold.

10. What does Kris admit about his uncle?
(a) That he is inappropriately using his power to influence land distribution.
(b) That the man loves power.
(c) That he is cruel.
(d) That his uncle is slightly insane.

11. How does Talia act on the way to the Border?
(a) Lively.
(b) Witty.
(c) Silent and withdrawn.
(d) Surly.

12. What awaits Talia the next morning?
(a) A garland of flowers and silver ring.
(b) A message from Selenay to come home.
(c) A new assignment.
(d) A message from her father saying her mother died.

13. What is in the package Dirk sends Talia?
(a) Love poems.
(b) A book about empathic Heralds.
(c) A book about life bonds.
(d) Music transcripts.

14. What do Kris and Talia do for warmth?
(a) Cuddle.
(b) Make a chirra lie down next to them.
(c) Bring the animals into the shelter.
(d) Light a magic fire log.

15. Of what do an older couple accuse their sewing maid?
(a) Stealing some jewelry.
(b) Mistreating their grandson.
(c) Stealing and eating their poultry.
(d) Stealing some material.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Kris worry regarding Talia?

2. What do Kris and Talia think their dreams are saying?

3. What does Talia say she could easily do concerning Kris?

4. Why does Kris order Talia to stay on the hill outside a seemingly deserted village?

5. Why are Kris and Talia commanded to leave the village that is full of ill people?

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