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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 creative about Scythe Faraday's gleanings?

2. What does Scythe Farady want Citra and Rowan to train as?

3. What did the Thunderhead develop from?

4. What should a cultural audit ensure?

5. What is the term for returning to a more youthful state?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the only items scythes are allowed to own?

2. Are scythes allowed to kill other scythes?

3. How is the passing of time recorded once numerical years are obsolete?

4. How do the members of the Terranova family react to the scythe in their home?

5. What do the Terranovas think Scythe Faraday is going to do to them?

6. Are scythes allowed to reproduce?

7. How does Scythe Goddard break the eighth commandment?

8. Why does Tyger splat?

9. What does the term gleaning allude to?

10. What is at the beginning of each Chapter in Part 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Citra is ordained, she is tasked with a serious burden for life. Does she seem prepared for the challenges that await her? Does she take it seriously?

Essay Topic 2

Rowan says that he and Citra together are something to behold. How have the scythes developed since they were last on stage?

Essay Topic 3

In the end, Scythe Volta questions his life and gladly accepts death. What makes him doubt his purpose? How does this mirror H.S. Curie's earlier journals?

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