Page Trivia Quiz

Answer: Aynnar

Kel says, '"Go to Salma Aynnar, in charge of the pages' wing"...' when she is talking to the cook that wanted to butcher Jump.

Answer: Black

'The quiet remark came from black-haired, black-eyed Seaver.'

Answer: Owen

'"This is a waste of time." The new voice belonged to Zahir ibn Alhaz...Ten yards away one of the new first-years, Owen of Jesslaw, lay on the floor.'

Answer: Carthak

'"Back in line, Page Nealan!" Ezeko ordered as he came over. "If there's a break, she'll see a proper healer!" He knelt beside Kel and felt her collarbone, his fingers gentler than his face. He was a barrel-chested black man, a Carthaki veteran who had fled slavery to enter Tortall.'

Answer: 15

'In the morning came the little examinations, when first-, second-, and third-year pages were tested before an audience on the last year's learning and skills. The exams were not considered serious, except to the pages who had to take them. What they did was ready the pages for the big examinations at the end of their fourth year. Those were more difficult tests conducted before a very large audience.

The practice had been started fifteen years earlier by King Jonathan's father, in the last year of his reign.'

Answer: Esmond of Nicoline

'The next morning Lord Wyldon sent groups out in different directions to map terrain and to hunt for supper, each with a senior page in command. Kel was in Faleron's company, along with Neal, Prosper of Tameran, Merric, Owen, and Seaver.'

Answer: Neal, Faleron, and Merric

'"The following will come with me." He [Ezeko] walked over to the right of the yard, where the target by the fence had been moved fifty yards beyond those the pages normally shot at. He named a group that included Kel, Neal, Quinden, Merric, Faleron, Yancen, Balduin of Disart, another fourth-year, and Quinden's friend Dermid os Josu's Dirk.' -The only ones that are friends of Kel are Neal, Merric, and Faleron.

Answer: Brown

'Entering her rooms, she found that Lalasa had company. The stranger was a young woman Lalasa's age, blond and brown-eyed with a soft, round face and strong shoulders.... "Lady, this is my friend Tian-- Tianine Plowman," Lalasa said nervously. "She is maid to your sister Adalia."'

Answer: Queen Thayet of Conte

'His eyes were misty as he considered Queen Thayet. "Murdon Fielding, the Sage of Cria, wrote 'Squire, give they queen thy purest love. Let her be the living emblem of the power of the Goddess. Her beauteous countnance will be thy guide, her favor and thanks your payment. Let her--'"'

Answer: Gower Isran

'Two servants awaited her before the hearth. One she knew well: Gower, the long-faced, gloomy man who cleaned her rooms and fetched hot water for washing up and baths.... [H]e coughed and said, "Excuse me Page Keladry... [m]ight I introduce my niece Lalasa?"'

Cast of Characters --Isran, Gower gloomy servant in the pages' wing, Lalasa's uncle