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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the Emperor when Elias graduates from Blackcliff?
(a) Taius XXV.
(b) Taius XXIV.
(c) Taius XXI.
(d) Taius IX.

2. In Chapter XIX, what letter does Laia see that the Commandant carved on her?
(a) S.
(b) C.
(c) L.
(d) K.

3. What is Keenan selling when Laia sees him in Chapter XV?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Bags, purses, and satchels.
(d) Rags.

4. How old is Laia in Chapter I?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.

5. In Chapter XVI, how many days does Elias spend staggering toward the mountains when he encounters Helene?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter III, when does Laia remember that her friend Zara disappeared in a raid?

2. How often does Elias write to Mamie Rila and his foster brother, Shan?

3. In Chapter XII, where do Elias and Helene go to talk during Elias's graduation party?

4. How many bodes can a Teluman scim cut through at one time?

5. When does the Commandant have tea?

Short Essay Questions

1. What announcement is made at Elias's graduation?

2. In Chapter VIII, what conversation does Elias have with an Augur?

3. How does Elias try to persuade the Augur Cain to heal Helene?

4. When Laia is first taken to the Commandant, what does the Commandant show her?

5. Why does Helene think that Elias is drawing too much attention to himself in Chapter VI?

6. Why does Grandfather insist that Elias speak to certain people at his graduation party?

7. How does Laia compare her life in the Scholars' Quarter to her life as the Commandant's slave?

8. What is Laia's room like at the academy?

9. Where is Elias's graduation party held, and who attends?

10. What happened to the Scholars?

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