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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 name of the dragon Violet’s mother rides?

2. To which of the following is the novel dedicated?

3. Which of the following is killed at Presentation?

4. Against which of the following is Navarre fighting?

5. For which section is Dain a squad leader?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Violet justify her use of a dagger in the Gauntlet?

2. Why are the roads at the edge of Basgiath kept clear on Conscription Day?

3. To what does Violet owe her physical condition?

4. How does Navarre tradition dictate the goods of the dead be treated?

5. Why does Violet refuse to flee to the scribes?

6. What comment is made about Red Scorpiontail dragons?

7. Why is the Gauntlet so named?

8. About what content in the novel are readers advised?

9. Why are pre-bonded cadets advised to talk to each other during Presentation?

10. What justification does Jack give for attacking Andarna?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

A lack of formal sectional division in the novel obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. How might the novel be sectioned off other than it currently is? Why might those divisions be appropriate, based on the text and its contexts of composition and reception?

Essay Topic 3

A lack of formal sectional division in the novel obliges a fairly arbitrary breakdown of the text for purposes of study and discussion. On what grounds might the current divisions be in place? Why and how are they appropriate to the text?

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