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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. Who is Esme's father?

2. What does Scythe Goddard switch the dummies for?

3. How many people does Rowan kill during training?

4. What does Scythe Goddard enjoy that Scythe Curie does not?

5. In Chapter 3, Part 26, what is Rowan surprised to see Scythe Volta doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Volta self-glean?

2. How does Rowan feel about his growing abilities?

3. Why did Scythe Curie choose to train Citra?

4. What does Scythe Curie instruct Citra to do in Part 3, Chapter 18?

5. How does Scythe Goddard compare his role to the Thunderhead's role?

6. What does Scythe Goddard welcome Rowan to in Part 3, Chapter 25?

7. What is the punishment for Scythes Curie and Faraday's commandment breaking?

8. What does Rowan think of Scythe Volta?

9. What does Scythe Curie say will happen when Citra arrives at her northern destination?

10. What does the Thunderhead tell Citra about her future?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do love and loss transform between the mortal days and the post-mortal age, and what does eternity have to do with it?

Essay Topic 2

Why might a scythe become jaded? Does it seem like they have everything or nothing? Would theirs be a lonely life?

Essay Topic 3

H.S. Curie wrote that she had fought against the purge, which wiped out the elders who were mortal-born. How did that event effect her? Why is she proud of her decision?

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