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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 had Tas perceived Tanis to be?

2. Where was the group supposed to travel to?

3. What was Tas worried about when he finally got free of the dragon?

4. What animal was the Forestmaster?

5. What did the goblins want?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Speaker take in the child born of rape, Tanis?

2. Why wouldn't Kitiara come?

3. Which person is the least trusted in the party of the companions at this point?

4. Why was the banquet held for Goldmoon's mother close to blasphemous?

5. Why was there no need for talk among the companions and Verminaard?

6. What did Tika begin to think about when she was watching Goldmoon and Riverwind's marriage?

7. What might the Kender do to cause trouble?

8. Why aren't the prisoners of the mines fools?

9. Why did Tas' father say that kenders were supposed to be small?

10. What does everyone feel following the disappearance of the draconian?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the relationships between each of the characters. Which characters maintain the strongest bonds, and why do you think that is? How does the allusion to previous adventures the group had shared provide a timeline and a basis of trust for the characters in this novel?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what Tanis said to Laurana while they were in the tomb of Kith-Kanan. Was this lecture justified? Why or why not? How did it make Laurana feel? How did Tanis feel after he had finished?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Tanis' origins in the novel. How did he come about in an unconventional manner, and how did it affect the relationship with the people he was raised with? In what regard does this put an interesting dynamic on Laurana and Tanis' relationship? Explain.

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