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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 does Niall tell Larkin after Blair is able to beat him in combat?

2. What does Cian do before he leaves Moira?

3. What does Blair say about coming to Geall?

4. What does Blair say about Moira after Moira has left?

5. What does Larkin do when Blair jokes that he might stick in the form of a four-legged animal?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene where Blair is waiting in the woods for the vampires.

2. Describe the scene when Lora appears to Blair in a vision.

3. Describe the scene when the demonstration first begins at sunset.

4. What happens when Blair reaches the second set of traps?

5. Describe the flight that Larkin and Blair take.

6. What happens when Blair enters the training room?

7. What do the others find when they get Blair to her room?

8. What does Moira do when the vampires are brought out?

9. What does Glenna asks Blair to do in Chapter 10?

10. Describe the scene where Riddock meets with the six members of the circle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Was the creation of Geall necessary in the story? Why or why not?

2) How would the story have changed if the only world to consider was the real world?

3) Does a fantasy world make a book more enjoyable? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

1) Do you feel that Larkin was thinking when he chose to let the people go in the caves or was he acting on emotion?

2) What does it say about Larkin that he was unable to leave the people?

3) Would you have felt any differently toward him had he left the people?

Essay Topic 3

1) What was the significance of there being six members to the circle? Could the author have chosen another number? Speculate on why she chose six main protagonists.

2) What do each of the members of the Circle bring to the group that is unique?

3) Would you say that the circle is even? Why or why not?

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