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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 happens in the sixth round of the Tourney?

2. What is strange about the bullet with which Stile is shot at the end of Chapter 11?

3. What did the former Brown Adept exchange for an amulet from the Red Adept?

4. What does Stile wonder regarding Clef in Chapter 9?

5. In what part of Stile's body is he shot in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Sheen and Lady Blue meet in Chapter 11?

2. How does Stile's contest with the Red Adept end?

3. Why does Stile begin to worry about his performance during Round Twelve of the Tourney?

4. What does the trap that Hulk and Bluette are caught in tell Stile about his adversary?

5. What does Stile start to wonder, at the end of Chapter 9?

6. What does Sheen do when she finds out that Stile married Lady Blue, and why?

7. What happens between Stile and the Brown Adept in Chapter 8?

8. What deal does Stile make with the Red Adept before their battle starts, and why?

9. Why does Stile have to fight the Red Adept in the Proton fashion?

10. What confession does Lady Blue make at the beginning of Chapter 10?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It is understood among the denizens of Phaze that Adepts rarely socialize with normal people. Why is this? What happens when Adepts attempt to mingle with ordinary people? Why did the Blue Adept make an exception and choose Lady Blue as his wife? What were the repercussions of that decision? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 2

Almost everyone with whom Stile has contact, aside from the antagonist, wants to help him in some way. Why is Stile so well liked? What qualities does he possess which make people eager to help him, and why? What would have happened to him without the aid of his friends, and why? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Stile's alternate self is the Blue Adept. What characteristics does he share with the Blue Adept? What are their differences? How do they each fulfill different roles in the novel? Should they be exactly alike, since they are alternates of the same person? Why? Be sure to cite specific examples from the text to support your thesis.

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