2. Where does Talia go for Midwinter festival?
(a) Home with one of the other female Herald students.
(b) Home with one of the student Healers.
(c) Home to her Holding.
(d) Nowhere.

3. How does Talia feel in the older woman's presence?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Comfortable.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Intimidated.

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

5. What shames Talia about how she is treated by other students?
(a) That they do not say cruel things to other students.
(b) That she does not understand all the references they make.
(c) That they say things in front of students who had liked her.
(d) That what they are saying might be true.

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

7. To what does Talia look forward during Midwinter?
(a) Practicing archery.
(b) Riding.
(c) Reading.
(d) Going to parties.

8. What is Talia told as she gazes into the eyes?
(a) That she must marry.
(b) That her prayers will be answered in due time.
(c) That she is Chosen.
(d) That her father has been Chosen for a very important task.

9. What does Talia do at Companion's field?
(a) Learn how to care for a Herald's equipment.
(b) Reunite with Rolan.
(c) Ride Rolan bareback.
(d) Try to see which horse will become her companion.

10. Who is Keren?
(a) The riding instructor.
(b) The archery instructor.
(c) The hurdles instructor.
(d) The navigation instructor.

11. How does Talia feel around Rolan?
(a) Comfortable.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Uneasy.
(d) Nervous.

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

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

14. Who pushes Talia around and is verbally abusive?
(a) Some unaffiliated students.
(b) Her weapons instructor.
(c) No one.
(d) Two boys who were asked to test her mettle.

15. How do the guards react to Talia riding in on Rolan at the shelters?
(a) Angry at Talia for being on Rolan.
(b) Like she is their servant.
(c) Nonchalant.
(d) Confused.