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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 many traps had Jimmy avoided since Jaccon?

2. What had finding Anita's cure become?

3. How many riders were on the road?

4. What does Kamatsu fear?

5. How many human prisoners had Murmandamus captured?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was given to Arutha before he left the Abbey?

2. Discuss Milamber/Pug's fall from grace and his subsequent disbranding of being a Great One?

3. Describe the Thun.

4. Galain explained that he would leave a trail and Arutha was concerned that the Moredhel could follow the same trail. Why couldn't they?

5. What was the ultimate in shame and punishment for a warrior and why?

6. Why do the magicians assume that the Dark Power is from Kelewan and traveled through the Rift?

7. Who do those at Sarth serve and what do they do?

8. What excuse did Murmandamus offer the Dark Brothers for the lack of invasion into human lands?

9. Why does Jimmy ask Martin to kill one of the humans?

10. What did the information that Pug gained from the torturing of Dominic reveal?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Each of the character's in the novel possesses some worthwhile trait to have them around. Which of the characters in the novel would you most like to have around you and why? In what capacity would they serve your interests? What character traits would you endeavor to emulate?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character of Murad and the Dark Brothers. What do you suppose is the author's reason for not giving them substantial motivations, or at least, motivations that have been made evident to the reader? Can you think of any possible motivations that they might have? Why these ones?

Essay Topic 3

Jimmy chooses between Arutha's life and his own on several occasions. How does this demonstrate where Jimmy's loyalties lie? How does Arutha repay that loyalty throughout the novel? Do the two seem even? How or why not?

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