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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 is the concept of the ruler and sacrifice?
(a) The ruler must sacrifice his/her people when necessary to continue the kingdom.
(b) The ruler must sometimes choose a loved one to sacrifice for the greater good.
(c) The ruler cannot sacrifice his/her well being since all need the ruler.
(d) The ruler sacrifices their own dreams and lives for the good of the people.

2. What does Burrich keep Fitz from doing?
(a) To eat cooked meat.
(b) To leave the house.
(c) To write every day.
(d) To behave like a wolf.

3. Who have gone beyond the mountain?
(a) Few people have dared to go beyond.
(b) Those who now come in red ships.
(c) Those who flee justice.
(d) Many different tribes of men to find a better home.

4. Who rescues Fitz?
(a) Starling and Nighteyes.
(b) Kettricken.
(c) Some men from Buckkeep.
(d) No one.

5. How does the road on which they travel affect Fitz?
(a) He suffers no particular effect.
(b) He is often muddled while on it.
(c) He keeps tripping over small stones.
(d) He gets discouraged because it seems unending.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fitz realize about his life?

2. Whose horse does Fitz steal to get away from Tradeford?

3. Who assumes the top post of Skill teacher for Regal?

4. To whom are Forged Ones especially attracted?

5. What is part of the reason Fitz is having a difficult time sleeping in the barn?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Fitz and Nighteyes as the caravan begins to cross the river?

2. What are Forged Ones, their character and what attracts them?

3. How do Fitz and Starling get across the mountains and how does Fitz pay for it?

4. How does Fitz get captured while he is traveling with a caravan and how does he escape?

5. What does the narrator explain in Chapter 6 about minstrels?

6. Who is Chade Fallstar and why does he anger Regal? What does Regal do about him?

7. In Chapter 15, what does the narrator tell of Kettricken and her search for her husband?

8. How did Fitz get wounded in the mountains, what kind of wound was it and who does he find to help him and where?

9. What demand did Regal send the Mountain King and what did Kettricken decide because of it? Who participated in Kettricken's plan?

10. What does Fitz feel he is half of and how is Burrich dealing with Fitz's feelings?

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