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Quiz about A Visitor in the Harper Hall
Quiz about A Visitor in the Harper Hall

A Visitor in the Harper Hall Trivia Quiz


You're a visitor in the Harper Hall, and you keep running into a girl with a whole fair of fire lizards... An "interactive" and comical quiz set roughly during "Dragonsinger", a book by the very creative Anne McCaffrey. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by diamondback1. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
diamondback1
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
280,579
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
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709
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Question 1 of 10
1. You arrive at the Harper Hall at night, tired (and considerably cranky). A woman named Silvina takes you to your quarters. How would it be accurate to describe this woman? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. You wake up a little late for your first day at the Harper Hall, and decide to get some breakfast. In the kitchen, you are offered plenty of cereal and a breakfast drink, of a type that is mentioned repeatedly throughout the series. What is this drink called?

Answer: (One Word)
Question 3 of 10
3. You take your food out into the corner of a nearby courtyard, not wanting to be in the noisy hubbub of the kitchens. To your surprise, however, someone is already there-a teenage girl with a queen fire lizard! As you stare in jealous awe, a whole fair of fire lizards swarm the girl and the kitchen drudge helping her. How many fire lizards are there, and how many of each color? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. When you come back, there's an apprentice-pretty small, and kind of mischievous-looking, with tight black curls-trying to beg something from one of the cooks. What kind of food is he (likely) after? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. It's gather day! You're wandering around, simply enjoying the sights, when a perfectly outrageous fight erupts right next to you. You duck out of the way, noting with astonishment the many ranks of the fighters-everyone from wealthy, privileged girls, to the black-haired boy from earlier, to fosterlings of Lord Groghe's...even the teenage girl with the fire lizards. What stall are they brawling in front of? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. After a moment, who joins the brawl? (Here's a hint-it wasn't you.) Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. The fight seems to be breaking up, so you head on over to the stall they were in front of, your eye on something the the dealer has for sale. To your complete disgust, the man gives it to the girl before you get there. What was it? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. You stomp off, and go sulk over the meat rolls you brought for a snack. Then, suddenly, you hear music in the square! After a while, the teenage girl with the fire lizards starts singing. What is the second song she sings? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Before the girl got up to perform, two fire lizards started singing, so beautifully it sent chills down your spine. Only one of the fire lizards, however, was hers-so who did the other lizard belong to? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Two days later, the teenage girl (it drives you insane how she always seems to be in the middle of things) is raised to the next "rank" in the Harper Hall. When one does this, it is called what? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. You arrive at the Harper Hall at night, tired (and considerably cranky). A woman named Silvina takes you to your quarters. How would it be accurate to describe this woman?

Answer: Pale-skinned with large eyes and dark hair

Silvina is the kindly Headwoman at the Harper Hall who escorts Menolly to her lodgings on the girl's first night. The Headwoman continues to act as a mentor throughout the book, helping to provide for Menolly and make her feel at home. Silvina is also a friend of Robinton, the Masterharper.
2. You wake up a little late for your first day at the Harper Hall, and decide to get some breakfast. In the kitchen, you are offered plenty of cereal and a breakfast drink, of a type that is mentioned repeatedly throughout the series. What is this drink called?

Answer: klah

Klah is a coffee-like drink that is normally served hot. It is made from the bark of the klah tree and is usually drunk as a stimulative.
3. You take your food out into the corner of a nearby courtyard, not wanting to be in the noisy hubbub of the kitchens. To your surprise, however, someone is already there-a teenage girl with a queen fire lizard! As you stare in jealous awe, a whole fair of fire lizards swarm the girl and the kitchen drudge helping her. How many fire lizards are there, and how many of each color?

Answer: Nine; one gold, three browns, two bronzes, two greens and a blue

The gold fire lizard is named Beauty; the bronzes are Rocky and Diver; the three browns are Brownie, Mimic, and Lazy; the greens are Auntie One and Auntie Two; and the blue is Uncle. Menolly certainly had plenty to name!
4. When you come back, there's an apprentice-pretty small, and kind of mischievous-looking, with tight black curls-trying to beg something from one of the cooks. What kind of food is he (likely) after?

Answer: Bubbly pies

Tubers are a potato-like type of plant that Piemur (the apprentice I described) hates. Wherries are carnivorous animals a bit like big birds; only instead of having two legs, they have four. Redfruit is odd-shaped, tangy fruit from the tree of the same name.
5. It's gather day! You're wandering around, simply enjoying the sights, when a perfectly outrageous fight erupts right next to you. You duck out of the way, noting with astonishment the many ranks of the fighters-everyone from wealthy, privileged girls, to the black-haired boy from earlier, to fosterlings of Lord Groghe's...even the teenage girl with the fire lizards. What stall are they brawling in front of?

Answer: The Tanner's Stall

Pona, a wealthy girl who acts as the main antagonist in Dragonsinger, starts an argument by accusing Menolly of stealing. Menolly, who was given the money in question by the Masterharper, takes offense to this, and "claims insult" on Pona. Unfortunately, Pona has no intention of backing down, and instead demands that her boyfriend take the coin from Menolly, at which point the actual fight erupts.
6. After a moment, who joins the brawl? (Here's a hint-it wasn't you.)

Answer: A drudge from the kitchens and a mass of fire lizards

The drudge was Camo, a mentally-handicapped friend of Menolly's who helped her feed her fire lizards from the start of the book. He charged into the fist fight, but was really no help to his friends due to his over enthusiasm-in fact, at one point he accidentally clouts Menolly across the head, having mistaken her for a foe.
7. The fight seems to be breaking up, so you head on over to the stall they were in front of, your eye on something the the dealer has for sale. To your complete disgust, the man gives it to the girl before you get there. What was it?

Answer: A blue belt with a fire lizard buckle

Piemur manages to mortify Menolly by informing the tanner that "her slippers are a disgrace", and that she'd like to buy some new ones. In fact, this was only a bargaining ruse-Piemur thought it wiser not to let on immediately that Menolly was only interested in the fire lizard belt.

However, in the end Piemur's dickering tactics didn't matter, because after the brawl, the tanner gives it to Menolly free of charge (in admiration for the black eye she gave Pona's boyfriend.) Go figure!
8. You stomp off, and go sulk over the meat rolls you brought for a snack. Then, suddenly, you hear music in the square! After a while, the teenage girl with the fire lizards starts singing. What is the second song she sings?

Answer: An old sea song

"The Fire Lizard Song" was the first song that Menolly sang, not the second! She does sing the "Ballad of Moreta's Ride" several times in the story-including to her voice instructor, Shonagar-but not here. Menolly also sings a number of unspecified teaching songs at different points in the story-line.
9. Before the girl got up to perform, two fire lizards started singing, so beautifully it sent chills down your spine. Only one of the fire lizards, however, was hers-so who did the other lizard belong to?

Answer: Lord Groghe

Lord Groghe is the Lord Holder Fort Hold. He is also grandfather of Pona, the wealthy female student who gives Menolly so much grief throughout Dragonsinger. However, despite Menolly's worries that Pona will carry false tales to Groghe, the Lord Holder hold Menolly no grudge-especially after, thanks to her, his queen fire lizard Merga learns to sing!
10. Two days later, the teenage girl (it drives you insane how she always seems to be in the middle of things) is raised to the next "rank" in the Harper Hall. When one does this, it is called what?

Answer: Walking the tables

It took Menolly only a week to rise from apprentice to journeywoman. Of course, she had been essentially apprenticed to Petiron (the harper at her old hold) for years, so she was more than qualified musically. She also wrote several extremely talented songs during the course of Dragonsinger, which probably helped her get the promotion.
Source: Author diamondback1

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