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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. Which of the following is the first to die on the Gauntlet?

2. What moniker does Xaden assign Violet?

3. Which of the following kinds of dragon does Violet see at Threshing?

4. Which of the following is the chief deity of Navarre?

5. What size shoe does Violet wear?

Short Essay Questions

1. At Basgiath, what is a “repeat”?

2. Why do cadets attend Battle Brief daily?

3. What trade goods does Navarre offer?

4. Why are pre-bonded cadets advised to stay at least seven feet apart during Presentation?

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

6. What accounts for the design of the Gauntlet?

7. What does Violet adopt as a mantra?

8. What justification does Jack give for attacking Andarna?

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

10. Why does Violet’s mother assert she will do well at Basgiath?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sources attest to the presence of Fourth Wing on best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 2

What addition front matter, if any, would ease reading Yarros’s book? How would it do so? (If none, why would front matter not ease reading the book?)

Essay Topic 3

How reliable is the narrator of the novel? What in the text indicates that reliability, and how does it do so?

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