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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 22, how many times has Ven driven a car before this?

2. What is the term for a house?

3. In Chapter 20, who does Ven take to the hospital?

4. Who is the head of Council?

5. What does Ven think of himself as at the end of his service to Georg?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What event makes Ven's cover more vulnerable in Part II?

3. What are spies for the Temple called?

4. How does Jia react to the temple raids?

5. Why does Ven attempt to walk away from Georg's service in Part II?

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

7. Who is Ven's mentor and how do they first meet?

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

9. How do people mostly get information in the age North sets the novel in?

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

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 are characters like Lah, Ven, and others driven or motivated by religious beliefs? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

When and how does Ven seem to, albeit temporarily, lose his motivation to fight and survive? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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