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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 caused the explosion in the ballroom?

2. How many shots ring out at the end of Chapter 19?

3. What is Cal drinking at the end of Chapter 19?

4. What is the weather like when Mare runs from a lesson with Julian in Chapter 13?

5. In Chapter 18, who does Julian say is a danger to Mare?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Mare and Kilorn part at the end of Chapter 21?

2. What does Evangeline create to fight Mare in Chapter 17?

3. Why is it safe for Farley to take Mare and Maven to the City of Ruins?

4. What are common Silvers and where do they live?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 15, how does Farley get a message to Mare?

6. In Chapter 22, what does Maven say caused the explosion in the ballroom on the night of the attack of the Scarlet Guard?

7. How does Cal rearrange Mare's sitting room to teach her to dance in Chapter 18?

8. What does Mare see in the mirror in Chapter 19?

9. How does Mare describe paintings she views with Maven in Chapter 24?

10. What members of the Scarlet Guard are captured in Chapter 20, and what is the condition of each one?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Toward the end of the novel, Mare is given an earring by Kilorn. What earrings is Mare already wearing? Why does Kilorn give her another earring? What do the earrings symbolize to Mare and why?

Essay Topic 2

Red Queen is a fantasy novel. Why is it a fantasy, rather than science fiction?

Essay Topic 3

Before Mare’s ability is discovered, she sees the world as black and white. Why does Mare come to realize that the world is not just black and white? What does she decide the world actually is and why?

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