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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. Where does the Scarlet Guard go to plan the attack on Corvium?

2. What do the Arven guards tell Evangeline when she comes to get Mare?

3. What are Mare's manacles made out of?

4. What does Mare steal from Maven?

5. Who killed Shade Barrow?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. There are two main narrators for most of King’s Cage, Mare and Cameron. Are they reliable narrators?

3. How long is Mare a prisoner before she faces Maven again? Who brings her to talk to Maven?

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

5. What does Mare do instead of getting dressed in the red gown?

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

7. Why is Cameron determined to help the Dagger Legion?

8. What does Cameron note when she follows Cal after Mare’s first interrogation?

9. Why does Maven always refer to the Scarlet Guard as “terrorists”?

10. Why does Cal finally agree to strike Corvium?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the first three chapters of King’s Cage to any other novel you have read, either in class or for fun. Discuss the authors’ choices of character development, dialog, action, and pacing.

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

If Evangeline had asked Maven about his mother’s influence, how would Maven have responded to her? How would Evangeline have reacted?

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