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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. How is Ven threatened in Chapter 4?

2. In Chapter 20, why does Nadira say she is pulling Ven out?

3. Where does Yue let Ven collapse?

4. Whose hand does Ven lose in the river?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are spies for the Temple called?

3. Who is Pontus?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

How and when does the Brotherhood use so-called "heretical" information from the Burning Age to strengthen its hold on power? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Why does Ven feel so strongly negative towards the Brotherhood and why does he agree to spy on them? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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