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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. Of what does the narrator write?
(a) False pride.
(b) Treachery among family members.
(c) Loyalty.
(d) Diplomacy and the art of knowing an enemy's secrets.

2. Who wants to follow the Queen and Fitz?
(a) Regal's henchmen.
(b) Verity.
(c) Chade.
(d) Kettle and the Fool.

3. What does Fitz say Regal did to him?
(a) Mortally wounded him.
(b) Killed his son.
(c) Made him a Prince of the Realm.
(d) Stole his wife.

4. About whom does the Fool ask Fitz?
(a) Verity.
(b) Nighteyes.
(c) Kettle.
(d) Nettle.

5. Who did Chade serve?
(a) Himself.
(b) Fitz.
(c) Regal.
(d) The rightful king and queen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kettricken want to do?

2. What does Kettricken believe about whoever attacked Verity's group?

3. Why does Fitz leave his body in Chapter 8?

4. What does Fitz do in response to Chade's request?

5. How does the road on which they travel affect Fitz?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the others expect Fitz to do and how did he feel about it?

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

3. How is Fitz feeling as he walks to Tradeford and what does he find out there about Regal's residence?

4. According to the narrator, what is the geography and industry of Buck Duchy?

5. For what reason did Kettricken consult Fitz on their journey in the mountains and what did she ask him to do? What was his response to her request?

6. What is Fitz's plan for getting into Regal's residence?

7. In Chapter 28, what does Fitz decide to do about the people following them?

8. Who came to see Fitz while he was recovering and what did they want Fitz's daughter to do? What was Fitz's reaction to this?

9. What is Fitz's task in the caravan across the mountains, who joins him and how is he able to join him?

10. What does Fitz decide he must do after he becomes human again, and how does he feel about Burrich and Chade? What does he think about Queen Kettricken and not saving her?

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