They will immediately bite anything that moves, and will keep chasing their prey until it is exhausted. They will stubbornly pursue any opponent that tries to escape—once they lock onto a target, they will chase it until it is completely worn out.

Compared to their other traits, this one is quite prominent. To answer the first question correctly, you not only need a comprehensive understanding of hyena dogs, but also the ability to distinguish the primary and secondary aspects of their temperament and characteristics.

Second question [with image]: What is Gyarados’s secondary type?

A: “Water”, B: “Dragon”, C: “Dark”, D: “Flying”.

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Very quickly, with almost no pause, Stephen Clark finished the multiple-choice questions.

At this moment, the proctor Lily Wright was also observing the surroundings. After seeing the information of Stephen Clark and Little Susan, she was quite surprised—a ten-year-old examinee, and it seems one of them is from the same clan. Truly impressive.

So, she decided to pay extra attention to the results of these two young examinees after the assessment.

On the other side, Stephen Clark immediately turned his attention to the fill-in-the-blank questions. If you could still guess the answers to the multiple-choice questions, the fill-in-the-blank section would test your actual knowledge reserves even more.

First question: Beldum mainly relies on (——) to control its movements.

At first glance, this might seem like a very simple question. Maybe someone would feel lucky and confidently write “Tackle” or “Psychic,” but usually, such superficial answers are either imprecise or outright wrong.

Beldum’s body is magnetized; it uses magnetism to move, communicate, and control its attacks. It is said to be related to Magnemite, but Beldum’s magnetism is mainly focused on Psychic-type moves rather than Steel-type moves. In battle, Beldum’s abilities are quite limited; if it doesn’t use TM moves, it can only use Tackle.

Maybe some people have seen rare Beldum and observed their fighting style closely. It’s not hard to notice that they only use “Tackle” as their signature move, so naturally, they would confidently fill in “Tackle” for this question.

Or, from another angle, considering Beldum’s types—Steel and Psychic—Steel is hard to explain, but Psychic is naturally thought of as the basic means for controlling their own movements.

Therefore, very few people can correctly answer “magnetism.” These questions are designed to filter out examinees who are just trying to muddle through.

After writing the two characters for “magnetism,” Stephen Clark continued answering the questions—

One, two, three… The accumulation of knowledge over time was now fully reflected in the assessment. Stephen Clark answered quickly and easily.

Chapter 13: Assessment in Progress

These questions are all rather obscure and shouldn’t be underestimated. A breeder needs an extremely deep understanding of Pokémon; just having superficial knowledge is far from enough.

Maybe this knowledge doesn’t seem that impressive even if you know it, but this is only the basic skill set for a junior breeder. If you want to raise a Pokémon well, or make a living this way, the effort required is far from simple.

In every city or town, the Pokémon Center stationed there requires even the lowest-level nurse Joy to have at least an intermediate breeder’s qualification.

The knowledge tested in the junior breeder’s assessment doesn’t mean much.

Compared to the knowledge of top masters, this is child’s play.

Next, Stephen Clark continued answering questions. Soon, the ten fill-in-the-blank questions didn’t take much of Stephen Clark’s time. Only 20 minutes had passed, and Stephen Clark had already reached the last two essay questions.

Essay questions require a response of no less than 150 characters. The questions are generally practical, requiring a lot of knowledge to be connected, and often go beyond the current assessment level—essentially giving examinees a chance to show their depth.

With a full score of 20 points, the grader will score based on the key points covered in the answer. Usually, getting more than 10 points is considered a good result.

The test has both easy and difficult questions, but the last two big questions are the real key to assessing the examinee’s level.

Essay [with image]: Mareep’s cheek’s white area appears light green and it looks to be in great pain. How should this be handled?

Seeing the first essay question, even Stephen Clark paused and began to organize his thoughts. Essay questions are different from the previous multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions; they are not just about understanding a single Pokémon.

The essay questions in the junior breeder’s assessment involve two types of Pokémon. Fortunately, this is just a written test. With years of experience with these kinds of questions, people have more or less figured out some answering patterns.

Someone like Stephen Clark has read many past exam questions and analyses, so he has a good grasp of the approach. It’s not much different from the exam philosophy in his previous life.

However, a written test is still just a written test. If faced with a real situation, whether a breeder can take emergency measures is another matter entirely.

Mareep, light green, pain.

After thinking carefully for a few minutes, Stephen Clark finally began to write.

Start with the symptoms and presentation: showing pain may mean it has been injured or is suffering from a status condition such as paralysis, poisoning, burn, etc.

Mareep’s cheek appears light green, so it’s likely that some substance has altered its physical condition.