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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 can Heralds increase their Gift?
2. What was Neave as a child?
3. Who is Neave?
4. What do her ambushers do?
5. What is revealed about the harassment of Talia?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Skif dressed in black one night and why does Talia do the same?
2. What does Talia learns about Hulda?
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. What happens to demonstrate that the harassing has gone beyond school kids' pranks?
6. Who does Talia confide in and what does he tell her?
7. What does Talia learn about Herald's Gifts?
8. What does Talia learn about Hulda's actions concerning Elspeth?
9. What does Skif ask of Talia and how does Talia respond?
10. What other gifts does it appear Talia possesses?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Whenever reading a fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains a different world. In the case of Arrows of the Queen, 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 Arrows of the Queen. 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 inArrows of the Queen? What word(s)?
3. Were there any words you never really understood in Arrows of the Queen? Which ones?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss one of the following:
1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Arrows of the Queen.
2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Arrows of the Queen. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Arrows of the Queen. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss one of the following:
1. Compare/contrast Talia's living situation in the Holding with hers by the end of the novel. How are they different? How are they the same? How do their differences influence the person Talia is?
2. Compare/contrast Elspeth at the beginning of the novel with who she is by the end of the novel. How is she different? How is she the same? Are the changes she goes through all positive? Which "Elspeth" do you like better?
3. Compare/contrast Tlaia at the beginning of the novel with who she is by the end of the novel. How is she different? How is she the same? Are the changes she goes through all positive? Which "Talia" do you like better?
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