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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. In Chapter 5, what type of shifter is the captain of the submersible Tharion uses to try to find Sofie's body?

2. How long ago did Hunt give the Helhound a scar that snakes down his neck and across his throat?

3. How long did it take Ember and Randall before they officially became a couple?

4. What type of ring will Ruhn wear when the High Priestess binds his hands with Hypaxia Enador's at Luna's Temple?

5. How long after Ruhn, Declan, and Trustan went to visit King Morven, did he order Ruhn to and retrieve the Starsword from the caves?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Baxian back up Hunt in Chapter 35?

2. How does Tharion tell Ithan that Micah and Sandriel died?

3. What is Tharion looking for in Chapter 5, and what does he find?

4. What information does Agent Daybright give Ruhn in Chapter 28?

5. How is the River Queen's daughter described in Chapter 20?

6. In Chapter 3, who is Ruhn betrothed to, and when will he be married?

7. Why and how did Ruhn retrieve the Starsword?

8. Who has Cormac been posing as?

9. Why are Hunt and Isaiah summoned to see Celestina in Chapter 22?

10. What type of lives do mystics lead?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In media res is the technique of beginning a story with a pivotal point or a situation that is the end to a series of events. Where does Maas begin the story? How does she plunge into the story without an explanation? How does beginning the story in the middle of the action affect the plot and affect readers?

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 House of Sky and Breath? How does the way that the third-person narrator follows different characters influence what readers know about events and characters? How does having the narrator follow different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Verisimilitude ensures that even a story that is fantasy is rooted in reality and plausible. How does Maas create a believable world in House of Sky and Breath?

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