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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. What relation do Joaquim and Corbel have?

2. What item has Orien lost, which was proof of his true identity?

3. What is Birle's goal in regards to the thief and the boat?

4. What does Birle grow accustomed to doing as she and Orien talk?

5. What article of clothing does Birle use in hopes of the rain soaking it?

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly describe the discussion about Doubt that the Lord and Birle have.

2. What drives Birle to suggest that she travel with the Lord, and what compels him to agree?

3. Why did Birle used to shirk from her inn duties?

4. What are the "treasures" Birle's grandparents bestow upon her and why are they so important?

5. In the beginning of her travels down the river with the Lord, Birle notes differences between him and men that she knows. What are they?

6. Why does Orien pretend to be like Ker and Torson when the brothers begin to look at Birle as a woman?

7. Why does Birle keep trying to prolong the time she spends with the Lord, and how does she do this in the beginning of Chapter 5?

8. What do the stranger and Birle discover about each other now that there is light, and how is it different from their initial impressions?

9. What leads Birle to suspect that perhaps the Lord might have committed a wrongdoing against another Lord?

10. What do Ker and Torson say when Orien tells them of his heritage, and where he and Birle are from?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

We meet Gladaegal as we near the end of the novel. Compare and contrast Gladaegal and Orien. How is their relationship with one another? Who might make a better Earl, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Loyalty is a theme seen within the novel various times. Analyze and discuss the loyalty between one of the following pairs:

1. Birle and Orien.

2. Birle and Joaquim.

3. Birle and Yul.

Essay Topic 3

Birle had the chance to live an easy life with no work as a Lady. In the beginning, she had wanted the escape from her Inn duties but it seems that at the end, she has changed her mind. What has brought this change about? Why does she refuse the life of a Lady and go back to one where she must do all the work herself? What are her reasons for leaving Orien and not telling him? Is she right to do so? How is she finally taking control of her Fortune's Wheel with this decision?

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