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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. Who falls in love with King Tala's stepdaughter?

2. How does Dinnie react when Kerry shares her theory on why she thinks Heather and Morag choose to keep the MacLeod Banner?

3. What does Kerry do to Dinnie when she runs into him in Chapter 19?

4. Who prepares to attack King Tala in Chapter 14?

5. Who believes the broken guitar Magenta has is Johnny Thunders'?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aelric fail to do before his battle with King Tala that gets him stuck in a castle?

2. What does Aelric spend his time doing in Chapter 23 rather than preparing for his battle?

3. How is Dinnie and Kerry's first date described in the book?

4. How does Aelric believe he can make Marion fall in love with him despite being turned down flat?

5. How does Dinnie react to Kerry's theory on why Heather and Morag choose to keep the Macleod Banner?

6. What plan does Morag make with Kerry to try to retrieve the MacPherson Fiddle?

7. How does Dinnie react to the ponytail Heather grows for him?

8. How does Kerry react when she runs into Dinnie in Chapter 19?

9. How does Morag find out the identity of Dinnie's fiddle?

10. How does the group of mercenaries begin their walk to New York from Cornwall?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Competition is a well-used concept presented throughout much of the book, namely between the characters Heather and Morag.

Part 1) What is telling about Heather and Morag's character based on their competitive nature in the book?

Part 2) Based on the portrayal of competition in the book, what might the author be saying about the repercussions of being competitive with others?

Part 3) What lessons do the book's characters learn from being competitive? Is it a positive or negative message?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the presence of rebellion found in the book. How are characters like Heather and Morag portrayed as being rebellious and what purpose does the author have for presenting these characters in this manner?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the portrayal of relics in the book. What symbolic meaning do the relics and artifacts used in the book mean to the book's characters, namely the MacPherson Fiddle, the Bhat Gwa mirror, and the MacLeod Banner?

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