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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What message does Talia receive that distracts her?
(a) A message from her father.
(b) A message from Elspeth.
(c) A message from Alberich.
(d) A message from Selenay.

2. Why does Tantris think the forest is disturbed by Talia?
(a) Because she is a Herald who is a danger to another Herald.
(b) Because she is upsetting Rolan.
(c) Because she can sense their sentience.
(d) Because she is putting out such conflicting emotions.

3. About what does Kris worry regarding Talia?
(a) That he hurt her feelings.
(b) That he insulted her.
(c) That he will never trust her.
(d) That he has ruined her as a Herald.

4. What can Companions do to help Talia?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Train her to block their minds.
(c) Watch out for any incoming emotions from others.
(d) Impose shields on her for short times.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in the package Dirk sends Talia?

2. Why does Talia continually try to exhaust herself?

3. What does Talia worry about doing?

4. What does Kris admit about his uncle?

5. What does Kris suggest they do to alert anyone passing by on the road?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kris' attempts to comfort Talia go further than either intends?

2. What does Kris ask of Talia now that her internship is half over?

3. What causes an emotional outburst once Kris and Talia are settled into the Waystation?

4. Why do Kris and Talia increase their pace when they are approaching a tiny hamlet near the Border?

5. What news does Skif bring from the city?

6. What is the situation with an older, rich couple and their sewing maid?

7. What turns out to be the reason that Talia can not sense any people in the village near the Border and what do the two Heralds do?

8. Why does Talia want to weep as she is around the people of Berrbay?

9. After Kris falls asleep, what does Talia think about concerning Dirk and love?

10. Why does Talia ask Kris to go someplace and what is Tantris' interpretation of the forest's reaction to Talia?

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