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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 form does the kakuy Ven sees in Part II take?

2. What is Ven's cover name?

3. How does Ven feel when he finds out Nadira has been killed?

4. How many provinces are there?

5. Who is Yue's sister?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Pontus?

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

6. What does Ven realize at the end of Part I that Yue has ended up doing?

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

8. How does Vae die?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does North use the Brotherhood to symbolize, and what are its organizing and core principles? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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