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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. How many trials must an Aspirant win during the Trials to be named the victor?
2. How many years has Elias been training at Blackcliff Military Academy?
3. How many years did Mazen serve with Laia's parents?
4. How many lashes does Laia receive for delivering the Commandant's tea late?
5. How long did it take Elias to dig a tunnel that leads from his hearth to Serra's catacombs?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Laia to do for the Resistance?
2. What happened to the Scholars?
3. How does Laia compare her life in the Scholars' Quarter to her life as the Commandant's slave?
4. In Chapter II, why is Elias in the tunnels?
5. What happens when Laia takes tea to the Commandant in Chapters XIII?
6. How does Elias try to persuade the Augur Cain to heal Helene?
7. Why does Grandfather insist that Elias speak to certain people at his graduation party?
8. Who were Laia's parents?
9. In Chapter 14, what does the Commandant tell the Aspirants about the Trials?
10. How does Sana tell Laia that the Resistance was different in the past?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the author use idioms in An Ember in the Ashes? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?
Essay Topic 2
The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does An Ember in the Ashes take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?
Essay Topic 3
Elias does not feel loyal to the Empire. How was Elias raised the first six years of his life? Did that upbringing affect how he views the Empire and Blackcliff? Why does Elias not feel loyal to the Empire?
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