The Smallest Dragonboy

How are dragonriders matched with

hatchlings?

• The Weyrleader makes the matches.

• The dragonriders choose, in order from

  oldest to youngest.

• They are matched randomly.

• The hatchlings choose their riders.

What was Keevan able to do better than the

other boys?

• run

• lift

• wrestle

• none of these

What quality in a rider Impressed a dragon?

• size

• strength

• determination

• no one knew exactly

Why was Keevan almost ineligible for this

hatching?

• he was only old enough by one day

• he’d barely passed the strength test

• both of these

• neither of these

The most desirable dragon among the

hatchlings were the _________ dragons.

• green

• bronze

• golden

• blue

Why was Keevan worried after listening to the

dragonriders talking at dinner?

• He was worried that no dragon would ever choose him.

• He was worried that he would not be allowed to participate in the Impression.

• He was worried that he would never be as accepted as his father.

• He was worried that he would be passed up in his first Impression.

Who broke Keevan’s skull and leg?

• K’last

• L’vel

• Beterli

• Mende

How did Keevan know that the Impression was

starting?

• No boys had come to visit him.

• He heard a humming sound.

• The only white robe in the chamber was

  his own.

• all of these

Why did the bronze hatchling try to leave the Hatching Ground without making an Impression?

• It was hungry.

• It was looking for Keevan.

• Beterli was not at the hatching.

• none of these

How do the dragons communicate with their

riders?

• using telepathic communication

• through osmosis, only when the rider sits

  atop the dragon

• through a complicated system of noises

  with various pitches

• all of these