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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 hours does Elias spend in hand-to-hand combat with the Combat Centurion?

2. At the end of Chapter XLII, how many legionnaires come with Cain to get Helene and Elias?

3. Who comes for Laia in Chapters XLIII?

4. Where does Laia find herself in Chapter XLI?

5. What does Afya give Elias after they dance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a Lemokles offense, and how does Elias use it to determine the wraiths' weaknesses?

2. Who dances with Elias in Chapter 28?

3. How does Laia listen to a conversation the Commandant has, and what does she learn?

4. In Chapters XXXVI, what does Helene tell Elias about her feelings for him?

5. In Chapter XXIV where does Elias find himself and what does he learn from Helene?

6. What does Spiro Teluman tell Laia about Afya Ara-Nur?

7. How does Elias help Laia and Izzy get away from the festival when there is a raid?

8. Who comes for Laia and the Commandant at the end of Chapter XLIII?

9. What is the Trial of Strength, and who do Elias and his platoon have to fight?

10. How does Elias prevent Helene from reporting Laia and Izzi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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?

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