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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Iris ask Evangline to help her with?

2. Why did Shade stop being a spy?

3. What title does Volo Samos assume?

4. What does Cal call his grandmother?

5. Who is Elane Haven engaged to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mare ask Cal to promise her after she learns that Cal is in contact with his grandmother?

2. Mare tells Kilorn that she does not know what to do with herself. What does Kilorn suggest? How does Mare react?

3. How are Evangeline, Ptolemus, and Wren able to escape the palace?

4. How does Anabel Lerolan react when Volo Samos tells her that he is King of the Rift and will not give that up?

5. How does Samson Merandus die?

6. What do the Arven guards believe about the Scarlet Guard attack that Maven escapes from after the wedding?

7. How do Anabel and Volo plan to cement the alliance between Calore/Lerolan and Samos?

8. Why does Mare panic when she sees Cameron?

9. Why does Maven accept Orrec’s request that he marry his daughter?

10. How long do the wedding preparations take? Where is Mare during this time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze King’s Cage from the point of view of Norta being a utopia instead of a dystopia. Why could some consider it utopian? Cite your reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

Explore why Victoria Aveyard changes narrators. Do you think this helps or hurts the story? Would it have been logical without changing narrators? How could she have done that?

Essay Topic 3

Select one of the five senses and critically examine how Aveyard evokes that sense across one or two chapters.

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