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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. What is Keenan selling when Laia sees him in Chapter XV?

2. Whose nose is crooked because Helen broke it one time?

3. How old was Izzi when she became a slave?

4. In Chapter XII, where do Elias and Helene go to talk during Elias's graduation party?

5. In Chapter XIII, what color are the fire-lamps Laia sees as she enters the academy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter II, why is Elias in the tunnels?

3. What happened to the Scholars?

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

5. How does Laia compare her life in the Scholars' Quarter to her life as the Commandant's slave?

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

7. Who were Laia's parents?

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

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

10. What announcement is made at Elias's graduation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Laia and Elias have very different families. How would you compare Laia and Elias’s families? How have their families affected who they are and the choices they make?

Essay Topic 2

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood An Ember in the Ashes, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?

Essay Topic 3

Elias saves Helene during the First Trial. How does Elias save Helene? Does he risk his life in the process? Are his actions heroic?

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