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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Scythe Goddard think should be a requirement for scythes?
(a) Enjoy killing.
(b) Tattoos.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) Be glamorous.

2. How do Rowan's classmates treat him after Kohl's gleaning?
(a) Like a king.
(b) Like he is dead.
(c) With indifference.
(d) Very poorly.

3. What does Scythe Faraday forbid between his apprentices?
(a) Familial bond.
(b) Romantic relationship.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Speaking.

4. When does Citra realize she is attracted to Rowan?
(a) While swimming.
(b) During trigonometry.
(c) While sparring.
(d) She has always known.

5. Which word best describes the Thunderhead?
(a) Tyrannical.
(b) Spritely.
(c) Religious.
(d) Incorruptible.

6. What color are Citra and Rowan's armbands?
(a) Fluorescent pink.
(b) Deep purple.
(c) Dark brown.
(d) Bright green.

7. Whose wedding is Citra allowed to attend?
(a) Her mother's.
(b) Her aunt's.
(c) Her own.
(d) Rowan's.

8. What is the term for a group of scythes?
(a) Elegy.
(b) Legacy.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Sytheclique.

9. What month is it when the book begins?
(a) February.
(b) August.
(c) November.
(d) May.

10. In Part 2, Chapter 8, what does Scythe Faraday make Rowan do?
(a) Choose a girlfriend.
(b) Elect an official.
(c) Buy a pet.
(d) Choose next victim.

11. What do emo-nanites do?
(a) Play music.
(b) Limit despair.
(c) Kill eco-noms.
(d) Create flight.

12. Who are Scythe Goddard's followers?
(a) The Honorables.
(b) Rand, Volta, and Chomsky.
(c) Lack and Lars.
(d) The suffettes.

13. What do the scythes do to the plane passengers?
(a) Glean only the pilot.
(b) Let them go.
(c) Glean every person.
(d) Grant them wishes.

14. What does the businessman on the plane do?
(a) Overpowers a scythe.
(b) Throws himself on blade.
(c) Starts a fire.
(d) Takes flight.

15. Where do the Terranovas live?
(a) MiddleEarth.
(b) Mexicare.
(c) American.
(d) MidMerica.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Citra's family react when they see her as an apprentice?

2. What are scythes forbidden to do with the Thunderhead?

3. Which museum does Scythe Faraday tell Rowan and Citra to meet him at?

4. What is creative about Scythe Faraday's gleanings?

5. What no longer mattered after death was conquered?

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