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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. In what direction does Elias have to travel from the Great Wastes through the Serran Mountain Range?

2. How long has Laia been at the academy in Chapter XIV?

3. How old does Laia remember that Darin was when he fell from a tree trying to draw Scholars working a Martial orchard?

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

5. How much is Laia sold for to a slaver?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Quin Verturius's reputation?

2. What does Elias think about the Commandant in Chapter IV?

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

4. How does Sana tell Laia that the Resistance was different in the past?

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

6. What is Laia to do for the Resistance?

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

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

9. What does Cain decide to do about Helen in Chapters XVIII?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Loyalty is a theme in An Ember in the Ashes. What is the role of loyalty in characters’ lives? How do characters either show unwavering loyalty or extreme disloyalty?

Essay Topic 2

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of An Ember in the Ashes and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 3

Cook hates the Resistance. What was Cook’s role in the Resistance? How was she betrayed? Why does Cook hate the Resistance?

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