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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 does Talia realize about part of her gift?
(a) She is good at comforting people in grief.
(b) She is able to heal major wounds.
(c) She can actually read minds when given permission.
(d) She can conjure images of someone who has died.

2. Who is sentenced to death?
(a) No one as the death penalty is not allowed.
(b) A man who kills his family.
(c) Two highway robbers who kill Ylsa.
(d) Two nobles who were plotting against the Queen.

3. What is one thing that helps improve Elspeth's attitude toward companions?
(a) She assists in the birth of a new companion.
(b) She reads children's stories about companions who have saved children.
(c) Talia does a mental cleansing on Elspeth.
(d) She rides Rolan every day.

4. How accurate is Rolan at seeing "through" Talia's eyes?
(a) 50 percent.
(b) 100 percent.
(c) 75 percent.
(d) 25 percent.

5. What causes Elspeth's bratty personality to change?
(a) Becoming close to Rolan.
(b) The return of Hulda.
(c) Bonding with the colt she helps deliver.
(d) Receiving praise at the school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is odd about what happens when a Herald dies?

2. For whom does the death bell toll?

3. What can give Heralds a headache?

4. What is not done before Hulda vanishes?

5. With whom does Talia take a blood bond?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Talia do at the memorial service for Beltren?

2. How does Ylsa help the Queen learn who killed Ylsa?

3. What subject does Sherrill broach with Talia before Sherrill leaves on her first assignment?

4. How does Talia learn about Ylsa's death?

5. Who does Talia confide in and what does he tell her?

6. How does Talia learn what one of her major her gifts is?

7. What does Talia learns about Hulda?

8. What does Talia ask Skif to do and how does she rescue him?

9. What does Skif ask of Talia and how does Talia respond?

10. Why is Skif dressed in black one night and why does Talia do the same?

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