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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. Where is Fitz summoned after he is awakened the second time for the night?

2. What methods does Chade use to teach Fitz?

3. What does Fitz assist Burrich with?

4. Which of the following characters does Regal tell the king will disapprove of the King's plans for Fitz?

5. How does Fitz describe the character of Molly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Chade and Fitz discover when they reach the village and what does it make Chade wonder?

2. What does Fitz sense about the people he watches and what explanation does he offer to Chade?

3. What is the emblem on Fitz's new clothes and what does Burrich tell him that it means?

4. What do the lessons that Chade teaches Fitz help Fitz to learn?

5. What is one of the first tasks Fitz is asked to complete and how does he do with this task?

6. When others want Fitz killed, who stands up for him and why?

7. What fear does Chade have for Fitz and why does he feel this way?

8. What challenge does Chade present to Fitz after he completes his first task?

9. What does Fitz learn to realize about the training Chade is providing him?

10. What does Fitz mull over that Burrich suggests and what decision does Fitz come to about this issue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways does Fitz's life change and in what ways does it remain the same? After learning about all of the events that affected Fitz throughout his life make a judgment as to whether the changes were for the positive or the negative and support your judgment with information from the text.

Essay Topic 2

In what ways is Fitz able to sense the inhuman-like qualities in the returned hostages? At what level do these returned hostages function? How does Fitz communicate with them? Is this skill beneficial or harmful? Why?

Essay Topic 3

In what way do Patience and Fitz relate? How did Patience's feelings in regard to Fitz change throughout the novel? Were these changes for the better or worse? Were they justified? Why or why not?

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