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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 routine does Mare have at breakfast time?

2. Why does Mare get to the hospital so quickly when Farley is in labor?

3. Who is overseeing the making of Silent Stone?

4. How many newbloods, including Mare, were extracted from Norta?

5. Who narrates a chapter for the first time in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the electricons?

2. Why does Maven use Silent Stone for his throne?

3. How does Samson Merandus die?

4. What is the power of the Silver House of Calore? What is their limitation?

5. The Colonel tells Farley that she does not have clearance for Mare’s debriefing. What does Farley do?

6. How does Maven escape the Scarlet Guard attack after the wedding?

7. Why does Maven accept Orrec’s request that he marry his daughter?

8. How do Anabel and Volo plan to cement the alliance between Calore/Lerolan and Samos?

9. How long do the wedding preparations take? Where is Mare during this time?

10. Why does Mare panic when she sees Cameron?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does Aveyard draw from modern politics to enhance her story? Can comparisons be drawn? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Research current and/or historical events and find a time when children were separated from families. Write a short essay detailing the reasons why this happened and what the thinking of the people or government doing the dividing. Connect this reasoning to Kings Cage; is it similar? How so?

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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