View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Chief Minister of Damasc?

2. What does Ven use to send a distress signal?

3. In Chapter 23, what river is Ven near?

4. How does Georg introduce Ven?

5. Who eventually saves Ven?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jia react to the temple raids?

2. What does The Brotherhood stand for?

3. Who is Ven's actual handler and how is their relationship?

4. What destruction befalls the Brotherhood's headquarters shortly after the temple raids?

5. Why is Ven particularly interested in Ull?

6. What is Pav's job?

7. What does Georg's security man threaten to do to Ven in Part I when they first meet?

8. What does Ven seem to think of Georg when they first meet?

9. How do Yue, Ven, and Vae know each other?

10. How does Georg react when Ven finds the microdrone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think North chooses to open the novel with the trauma of the fatal forest fire in Lyvodia? What tone does she set with this event? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Ven interpret and make sense of the vast amounts of data from the Burning Age that it is his job to sort through? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does North explain how Yue's and Ven's relationship withstands their warring spy interests? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 438 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample