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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 does Eddard want to do after Catelyn tells him about Bran's assassination attempt and the dagger which was used to try to kill Bran?
(a) Eddard wants to punish the dagger's owner himself.
(b) Eddard wants to go to the king.
(c) Eddard wants to take his family and return home.
(d) Eddard wants to banish all Lannisters from the kingdom.

2. According to Varys, why did Jon Arryn die?
(a) Jon Arryn disobeyed an order given by Cersei.
(b) Jon Arryn was asking too many questions.
(c) Jon Arryn discovered that Robert fathered a child with someone other than Cersei.
(d) Jon Arryn argued with Jaime Lannister about money.

3. What happens to the deserter of the Night Watch who is arrested by the Starks' guard?
(a) Lord Eddard Stark executes him.
(b) Lord Eddard Stark banishes the deserter from the kingdom.
(c) The leader of the Night Watch executes him.
(d) He is made an honorary member of the Stark family.

4. Who does Viserys blame for his family's losses in the war?
(a) The Dothraki king.
(b) Lord Eddard Stark.
(c) Jon Arryn.
(d) Robert Baratheon.

5. What wakes Bran from his coma?
(a) Water splashed on his face by his mother.
(b) His direwolf howling outside his bedroom window.
(c) The sunshine on his face after a shadow blocking it moves.
(d) The crow in his dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tyrion do when he sees the reactions of Jaime and Cersei after he announces at breakfast that Bran will survive his fall from the window?

2. Who are the Others?

3. What is the Night Watch?

4. What is the position of Jon in Lord Eddard Stark's family?

5. What is the function of the Wall?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the story that Old Nan tells Bran as he recovers from his injuries.

2. When Bran looks toward the Wall in his dream, what does he see?

3. Why does it concern Eddard that Jaime is named Warden of the East?

4. When Eddard asks Grand Maester Pycelle if Jon Arryn's death could have been caused by poisoning, what does Pycelle say the use of poison suggests?

5. Explain the relationship between Jon Arryn, Lord Eddard Stark, and Robert Baratheon, and how they acquired their positions of authority.

6. After speaking with her friend in King's Landing about Bran's murder attempt, why will Lady Catelyn conclude that Tyrion Lannister tried to kill Bran?

7. Explain what happens when Tyrion and Catelyn meet at an inn at the Crossroads.

8. Regarding the King's Hand, what does Lady Catelyn Stark need to tell her husband Lord Eddard Stark on the night he rescued the direwolf pups?

9. How is Robert Baratheon's relationship with Lyanna important?

10. In general, what does Bran's dream tell him about his family?

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