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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 the woman's name who approaches Elias for a dance at the festival?

2. How many families were in Tribe Saif when Elias lived there?

3. In Chapter XXXVII, when does Mazen tell Laia to have more information?

4. How many days after overhearing the Commandant and Lord Nightbringer, does the Resistance find Laia in the market?

5. How was Cook's voice ruined?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Laia get from the sand dunes back to Blackcliff?

3. Why does Keenan owe Laia's father?

4. How does Laia get out of Blackcliff in Chapter XXV?

5. How did Darin become Teluman's apprentice?

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

7. Who is Lord Nightbringer?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cliffhangers are a literary device that leaves readers wondering what will happen next. How does the author use cliffhangers in the novel? How do cliffhangers create suspense?

Essay Topic 2

The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does An Ember in the Ashes take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?

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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