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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. Who is the head of Council?

3. When does Georg say he first saw a kakuy?

4. In Chapter 13, who picks Ven up in his car giving Ven no choice but to come with him?

5. Who dies when Ven is found out?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is Pontus?

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

6. Why is Ven particularly interested in Ull?

7. What are spies for the Temple called?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How does Ven interpret and make sense of the vast amounts of data from the Burning Age that it is his job to sort through? 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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