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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 is Elias related to the Commandant of Blackcliff Military Academy?

2. What time does Darin arrive home at the beginning of Chapter I?

3. How far does Elias have to travel from the Great Wastes to Serra?

4. Where does Laia remember that her mother had a six-inch scar from a legionnaire who nearly killed her?

5. How often is a girl chosen for Blackcliff?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Laia delivers a letter to Spiro Teluman?

3. What type of lives do Scholars lead compared to Tribesman and Mariners?

4. Where does Laia go after her grandparents are killed and Darin taken away to be interrogated?

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

6. What happens when Laia takes tea to the Commandant in Chapters XIII?

7. What happened to the Scholars?

8. What is Laia to do for the Resistance?

9. Where do the Augurs leave Elias for the first trial, and what will he have to do to get back to the academy?

10. What is Quin Verturius's reputation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in An Ember in the Ashes? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Dialogue tags help identify who is speaking in a written conversation. What would happen if dialogue tags were never used to identify who is speaking in a written conversation? What are some common dialogue tags used to identify speakers in a written conversation? What descriptive dialogue tags does the author use? How do those dialogue tags help readers imagine scenes? How do they add another layer of description?

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