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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. Who is leading the efrits in Chapter XXII?

2. How many Scholars were captured during the Moon Festival?

3. What creature is in the story that Cook tells in Chapter XXXIX?

4. How has Helene heard that the Blood Shrike died?

5. Who is the only student who has ever tried to get involved with Helene romantically?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Helene live after the battle in Chapter XL, and why is she disqualified?

4. What does Helene do in Chapter 35 for Laia, and what does Laia feel?

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

6. What does the Commandant say to Elias when he brings Laia to her house?

7. What happened to Cook?

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

9. Why does Keenan owe Laia's father?

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

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

There is animosity between the Martials and Scholars. Why is there animosity between the Martials and Scholars? What type of class structure has developed because of their hatred?

Essay Topic 3

Elias does not feel loyal to the Empire. How was Elias raised the first six years of his life? Did that upbringing affect how he views the Empire and Blackcliff? Why does Elias not feel loyal to the Empire?

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