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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 the term for a house?

2. Why does Georg fire Ven?

3. Who is the head of Council?

4. Who forces Ven to work for him in Part I?

5. Where was Ven when Vae's body was found?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Ven particularly interested in Ull?

3. How does Jia react to the temple raids?

4. When does Georg claim to have seen the kakuy?

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

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

7. What does Yue say she saw in the forest at age 12 instead of the kakuy?

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

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

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

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

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 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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