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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why won't Talia go back to the Hold?
(a) She would be given an awful husband in punishment.
(b) She would not be allowed to leave again.
(c) No one would believe her story.
(d) She would be imprisoned.

2. What does Talia do when she and the horse stop?
(a) Writes her father a letter.
(b) Cooks dinner.
(c) Fall asleep immediately.
(d) Removes and cleans the horse's tack.

3. Who is Skif?
(a) A Herald who was a thief and a beggar before being chosen.
(b) The cook with whom Talia works.
(c) One of the Blues children.
(d) One of the Reds children.

4. Who is playing the instrument?
(a) Jadus.
(b) Selaney.
(c) Skif.
(d) Elspeth.

5. What is the next female guard like?
(a) She is surly.
(b) She is almsot as big as a giant.
(c) She has been wounded in battle.
(d) She is blind.

6. Who is Sherrill?
(a) A student who just started that day also.
(b) A student who is assigned to escort Talia around the school.
(c) The princess' nanny.
(d) A Herald whose companion is Tibideau.

7. How does Talia see herself next to Rolan?
(a) Insignificant.
(b) Small.
(c) Important.
(d) Grubby.

8. What shocks Talia about the women guards she encounters?
(a) That they seem surprised to find Talia on Rolan, but they do nothing.
(b) That they seem to all know Rolan.
(c) That they serve in the military.
(d) That they treat her as an equal.

9. What does the Herald tell Talia?
(a) She is doing the right thing.
(b) That Rolan's rider is in the next town.
(c) She is in trouble for stealing Rolan.
(d) That Rolan's rider is looking for the horse.

10. What are the Blues?
(a) A state of mind a Herald gets when the bell sounds.
(b) Students who are unaffiliated with any guild but are attending classes.
(c) The dress uniform of the Herald.
(d) A state of mind a Herald gets when the gong sounds.

11. About what does Talia worry?
(a) That her father will find her there.
(b) That she will not know how to get home again.
(c) That she will never see Rolan again.
(d) That she has made a huge mistake.

12. What particular lack of knowledge on Talia's part appalls Elcarth?
(a) Knowledge about Heralds and Companions.
(b) Knowledge about the country's history.
(c) Knowledge of the world's geography.
(d) Knowledge of the Queen's lineage.

13. Who is delighted to see Rolan at the gate?
(a) Roland's rider.
(b) A Herald.
(c) The captain of the guard.
(d) The gatekeeper.

14. When does Talia spend time with Rolan?
(a) After archery practice.
(b) After dinner.
(c) Three days after Teren speaks to her about her father's note.
(d) Not for two weeks since the Queen sends him on a mission.

15. Who is the older woman who enters Talia's room?
(a) The Queen.
(b) The Captain of the Heralds.
(c) The Herald's training commander.
(d) The King's soon-to-be wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Talia meet in a village by a hut?

2. What does Talia do at Companion's field?

3. What is special about the day that Keldar calls Talia?

4. What does Talia ask of the Herald?

5. What seems to make Talia's journey easier?

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