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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 is Ven's cover name?

2. What are some things Ven translates from the Burning Age?

3. What is a shuttered shrine in Chapter 23 called?

4. What does Ven's professor sometimes call him?

5. What follows the natural disaster in Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Ven particularly interested in Ull?

2. What does Georg ask Ven to do for him as far as work?

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

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

5. What are the kakuy and what do they do?

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

7. What is Pav's job?

8. What surprising skill does Klem have that Ven notices?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some major threats to humanity in the time and place North sets this novel in? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does North explore the theme of self-sacrifice throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Ven help bring about the end of the war towards the end of the novel, and why does he do this? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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