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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. In Chapters XXXVIII, when does Cain come for Elias?
(a) Early evening.
(b) Late afternoon.
(c) Noon.
(d) Mid-morning.

2. How does Elias open the lock to a locked gate in the catacombs?
(a) Laia's hairpins.
(b) A piece of wire.
(c) A barb.
(d) He has a key.

3. Why is Helene disqualified at the Trial of Strength?
(a) She is wearing battle armor.
(b) She used a wraith.
(c) She used a ghul.
(d) She carried scims.

4. In Chapter XXXIX, how late were Laia and Izzi kept up by cook preparing for the storm?
(a) Past midnight.
(b) 8 bells.
(c) 11 bells.
(d) 3 bells.

5. In Chapter XXXVII, what is Laia's first errand after Marcus attacks her?
(a) Get vegetables to the market.
(b) Deliver letters to the courier.
(c) Get herbs from the market.
(d) Deliver papers to Teluman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long after Laia's attack does the Commandant come in Chapter XXXVII and demand that Laia be gotten up?

2. After the Trial of Strength, how many men in Elias's platoon survive?

3. After Elias hit his head during the battle with the efrits, how many more times did the Augurs try to kill him and Helene?

4. How old does Laia think that Cook might be?

5. Who backed up Izzi when she told a story about being out to get something for Cook when Marcus waylaid them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Helene live after the battle in Chapter XL, and why is she disqualified?

2. What does Helene say about those who died in the Trial?

3. How does Elias help Laia and Izzy get away from the festival when there is a raid?

4. In Chapters XXXVI, what does Helene tell Elias about her feelings for him?

5. What does Tristas think is the trouble between Elias and Helen in Chapter XXX?

6. What does the Commandant say to Elias when he brings Laia to her house?

7. What do Helene and Elias battle at the end of Chapter 22, and what does Elias remember about defeating efrits?

8. Why does Keenan owe Laia's father?

9. How does Laia get from the sand dunes back to Blackcliff?

10. What did Izzi tell the Commandant regarding why she and Laia were out the night before, and why did the Commandant believe her?

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