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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 reason does Maven give Mare for revoking The Measures?

2. How do Maven and his entourage travel to the Royal Road?

3. Who killed the former King?

4. What is Maven's court referred to as?

5. Who was Maven's Red friend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maven gift to Mare after her speech?

2. Who is Sonya Iral? What does Mare tell her?

3. Why does Evangeline tell Maven to release Mare? Why does Maven not release Mare?

4. Who is Julian Jacos? Why is he with the Scarlet Guard?

5. Why does Cal finally agree to strike Corvium?

6. What is a "lightning alert"?

7. Why does Mare feel pity for Maven when he makes her face the court?

8. Why is the Colonel not concerned about Mare being interrogated by Samson Merandus?

9. How does the Scarlet Guard know so much about Corvium?

10. Why did Maven have a new throne instead of using his father’s?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explore why Victoria Aveyard changes narrators. Do you think this helps or hurts the story? Would it have been logical without changing narrators? How could she have done that?

Essay Topic 2

Write a short essay comparing and contrasting how Red families interact (Barrow, Farley and the Colonel, the Coles) with the Silver Houses (Calore, Merandus, Samos). Why might these two types of families act differently? Use evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Multiple characters have been influenced by their parents in regards to their identity formation. Discuss which parents helped their children in positive ways and which impacted their children in negative ways. Use examples from the text to support your assertions.

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