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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 gold pieces does the merchant in Chapter 13 give Amari for her headdress?

2. Where do Zelie, Tazin, and Amari find themselves tied up in Chapter 17?

3. When the arena is filled with water in Chapter 23, how many ships sail in?

4. How far of a ride does Kaea say it is to Chandomble in Chapter 16?

5. What color calla lily is woven into the netted window of Zelie's hut?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Zelie and Amari escape Lagos?

2. In Chapter 13, what does a merchant trade for Amari's headdress?

3. How does Inan believe he can get the scroll and Amari back?

4. Where does Zelie find herself and what does she realize about Inan in Chapter 12?

5. What takes place in the arena in Chapter 23?

6. What happens when Amari needs to fight in Chapter 30?

7. What does Baba want Zelie and Tzain to do?

8. What happened during the Raid when Zelie was six?

9. How does Zelie sell a red-tailed sailfish?

10. What does Inan realize about where is powers come from?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dialogue tags help identify who is speaking in a written conversation. What would happen if dialogue tags were never used to identify who is speaking in a written conversation? What are some common dialogue tags used to identify speakers in a written conversation? What descriptive dialogue tags has the author used, especially in Chapter 52? How do those dialogue tags help readers imagine scenes? How do they add another layer of description?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of Children of Blood and Bone? How does the way that three first-person narrators are used influence what readers know about events and characters? How does having following different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of Children of Blood and Bone and why is that incident the climax?

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