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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. How does Skif say Dirk is acting as far as Talia is concerned?
2. How is the road when they finally reach it from the Waystation?
3. What message does Talia receive that distracts her?
4. Who is the courier who arrives?
5. What does Kris realize about Talia's shields?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Talia ask Kris to go someplace and what is Tantris' interpretation of the forest's reaction to Talia?
2. What does Kris ask of Talia now that her internship is half over?
3. How have Talia's feelings towards Kris evolved?
4. What causes an emotional outburst once Kris and Talia are settled into the Waystation?
5. How does Kris' attempts to comfort Talia go further than either intends?
6. What is the situation with an older, rich couple and their sewing maid?
7. What happens while Kris and Talia are dreaming in the Waystation?
8. Why do Kris and Talia increase their pace when they are approaching a tiny hamlet near the Border?
9. Why does Talia want to weep as she is around the people of Berrbay?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Arrow's Flight could be said to be a "bildungsroman" of Talia, the main character. Discuss the following:
1. Define the concepts "bildungsroman" and "coming of age."
2. Thoroughly trace and analyze Arrow's Flight as a bildungsroman of Talia. Give specific examples. What does Talia learn? How has she changed? Is the change for the better?
3. Do you think young people in our modern culture go through a coming of age period? Do you think the concept of "coming of age" is inherent in the human experience? Why or why not.
4. Do you think you have lived through a "coming of age" period in your own life? Discuss as thoroughly as you willing to share.
Essay Topic 2
Whenever reading a fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains a different world. In the case of Arrow's Flight, much of the setting would be familiar to the reader, though there are new ideas and terms to learn. Discuss the following:
1. Find five terms that are a part of Talia's world that occur in the "real" world but are used differently in Talia's world. Define the words as used in in Talia's world and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.
2. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of Arrow's Flight. 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 Arrow's Flight? What word(s)?
3. Were there any words you never really understood in Arrow's Flight? Which ones?
Essay Topic 3
Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:
1. Fully explain why you think Arrow's Flight is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?
2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.
3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.
4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?
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