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

2. By midnight in Chapter XVI, how many miles has Elias traveled?

3. How old is Laia in Chapter I?

4. What did Elias once dump on Marcus's bed?

5. Where does the Commandant carve a path through Laia's skin at the end of Chapter XVII?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Quin Verturius's reputation?

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 14, what does the Commandant tell the Aspirants about the Trials?

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

7. What happened to the Scholars?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Helene is badly injured during the first Trial. How is Helene injured during the first Trial? Are her injuries life-threatening? Why does Cain at first refuse to heal her and then change his mind?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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