Gold by Raven Kennedy: Quiz Yourself on the Third Plated Prisoner Novel

Test your understanding of the third installment in Raven Kennedy's Plated Prisoner series. This 20-question quiz covers plot sequences, character motivations, thematic symbols, and synthesis of the story. Answers and short explanations are provided at the end.

Questions

Q1 (Plot/Sequence – Multiple Choice) After being torn from Slade, Auren falls through a starry void and loses all senses. What triggers the return of her senses?

A. Slade's voice calling to her
B. Memories of her childhood
C. The rip in the sky closing
D. A burst of golden light

Q2 (Plot/Sequence – Short Answer) How does Auren enter Annwyn during her fall through the void?

Q3 (Plot/Sequence – Multiple Choice) During the confrontation in Geisel, who delivers the fatal stab to Nenet?

A. Algae, the Stone Sword leader
B. Keff, the cart driver
C. Wick, the rebel leader
D. Thursil, the innkeeper

Q4 (Plot/Sequence – Short Answer) What does Auren grow from the ashes of her destroyed childhood home in Bryol?

Q5 (Plot/Sequence – Multiple Choice) How does Queen Malina attempt to defend Highbell from the invading fae army?

A. She fights the fae with her guards
B. She builds an ice wall across the bridge
C. She negotiates a truce with King Carrick
D. She escapes to Fifth Kingdom

Q6 (Plot/Sequence – Short Answer) Where are the Drollard villagers, including Slade's mother, being held prisoner in Annwyn?

Q7 (Plot/Sequence – Multiple Choice) What shocking detail does Auren discover about Wick after he is stabbed during their escape from Lord Cull's manor?

A. He cannot be healed by fae magic
B. His blood is gold
C. He is secretly loyal to King Carrick
D. He is a renegade Stone Sword

Q8 (Plot/Sequence – Short Answer) Which character surgically removes Auren's memories near the end of the book?

Q9 (Character Motivation – Multiple Choice) Why does Slade capture Manu Ioana after his attack on Third Kingdom?

A. To trade him for Auren
B. To make Queen Kaila suffer by taking what she values
C. To gain a political hostage for the neutral zone
D. Because Manu attacked him first

Q10 (Character Motivation – Short Answer) Why does Queen Malina initially refuse to use her ice magic, even when Highbell is threatened?

Q11 (Character Motivation – Multiple Choice) Why does Auren reject Wick's request to lead the Vulmin Dyrūnia rebellion when they first meet in the flower fields?

A. She does not trust Wick's motives
B. She is exhausted from being used as a symbol for others' causes
C. She believes she lacks the power to fight
D. She wants to hide from the Stone Swords

Q12 (Character Motivation – Short Answer) What is Wick's primary motivation for leading the Vulmin rebellion?

Q13 (Character Motivation – Multiple Choice) Why does Osrik refuse to let Rissa die and punish himself with guilt over her injury?

A. He owes her a debt for saving his life
B. He loves her and blames himself for her wound
C. He needs her alive for a mission
D. She is his sister under oath

Q14 (Theme/Symbol – Multiple Choice) What does the broken-winged bird symbol primarily represent throughout the book?

A. Weakness and submission
B. The Turley royal lineage
C. Hope and the spirit of rebellion
D. Death and destruction

Q15 (Theme/Symbol – Short Answer) What does the color gold symbolize for Auren's identity and power?

Q16 (Theme/Symbol – Multiple Choice) What is the significance of the Bridge of Lemuria in the narrative?

A. It is the only passage between Annwyn and Orea
B. It serves as a trap for invading fae
C. It holds the rip to the void dimension
D. It was where Saira Turley died

Q17 (Theme/Symbol – Short Answer) What does the black rot that appears in Auren's gold magic represent?

Q18 (Synthesis – Short Answer) Explain how the prophecy in "Three Queens Part Two" (Chapter 55) connects to the female protagonists in Gold.

Q19 (Synthesis – Short Answer) How does Auren's journey from a gilded prisoner in Midas's cage to the Lyäri Ulvêre reflect the story's central theme of self-empowerment?

Q20 (Synthesis – Multiple Choice) Why is the soul bond (Päyur) that forms between Auren and Slade critical to the plot of Gold?

A. It allows them to speak across realms and find each other
B. It gives Auren access to Slade's memories
C. It is the only way for Auren to survive the memory theft
D. All of the above

Answer Key

Q1. A – Childhood memories (taste of sugarcane, smell of her mother’s flower, etc.) return her senses and help her stop falling. (Chapter 3)

Q2. She touches a bright star that cracks open into a river of light, which carries her through the earth into Annwyn. (Chapter 3)

Q3. B – Keff, the driver who had been helping her, reveals his betrayal and stabs Nenet fatally. (Chapter 19, Chapter 20 in evidence)

Q4. A massive golden tree that stands as a symbol of the undying Turley legacy. (Chapter 29)

Q5. B – She builds a defensive ice wall across the bridge brick by brick, using her newly discovered magic. (Chapters 34, 40)

Q6. In Lord Cull’s old manor in Riffalt City, behind a locked room and a hidden passage. (Chapter 45)

Q7. B – Wick’s blood is gold, confirming he is a Turley and Auren’s relative. (Chapter 51)

Q8. Una, a fae acting for King Carrick. (Chapter 54)

Q9. B – Slade leaves dozens dead and rots Gallenreef Castle, then takes Manu to make Kaila suffer as he suffers. (Chapter 5)

Q10. She sees ice magic as forbidden and fears the cost of using it, having been tricked into awakening it by the fae twins. (Chapters 6, 34)

Q11. B – She tells Wick she will not be made into a symbol again, having been imprisoned and used by Midas for years. (Chapter 12)

Q12. To restore the Turley principles, overthrow the Carrick monarchy, and bring justice to Oreans. (Chapters 12, 27)

Q13. B – He watches Rissa die from an infected wound and feels helpless, confessing that caring for her has undone him. (Chapters 14, 25, 38)

Q14. C – Throughout the story, fae wear or display the broken-winged bird as a mark of hope and rebellion against the Carricks. (Chapters 11, 17, 18)

Q15. It symbolizes Auren's worth, her fae heritage as a Turley, her magic, and the legacy of her family. (Multiple chapters, especially the epigraph and Chapter 20)

Q16. A – It connects the two realms; the Carricks repair it to invade Orea, and Slade sees it as his best route to find Auren. (Chapters 6, 49)

Q17. It represents the merging of Slade's rot magic with Auren's own power, as well as the dangerous, corrupting influence she learns to control. (Chapters 15, 19, 51)

Q18. The ice queen is Malina, who claims her frost magic; the gold-plated queen is Auren, who hatches from the sun; the bridge-made queen (likely Queen Kaila) is brought through the Bridge of Lemuria. (Chapter 55)

Q19. She begins as a captive defined by her gold-touch and Midas's cage, but by the end she accepts her fae nature, masters her magic, and chooses to fight for herself and her people rather than serve others’ agendas. (Epigraph, Chapters 3, 19, 51)

Q20. A – The bond forms when Auren merges her fae beast with Slade’s rot magic, allowing them to sense each other across Annwyn and Orea. (Chapters 51–52)

For more insights, explore the complete guide to Gold, frequently asked questions, and the ending explained in detail.