The Smallest Dragonboy quiz

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 impresses a dragon?

• size

• strength

• determination

• no one knows exactly

The most desirable dragon amound the hatchlings were the _______ dragons.

• green

• bronze

• golden

• blue

Why was Keevan almost not chosen for a hatchling?

• he was only old enough by one day

• he had barely passed the strength test

• both of these

• neither of these

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

• Mende

• Beterli

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