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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 chance of being gleaned?

2. What is Citra's father's job?

3. Who kisses Scythe Faraday's ring without permission?

4. Who runs away from the plane?

5. What does Faraday say the apprentices passed?

Short Essay Questions

1. By law, what documents must be kept?

2. Who did Ben do a report on for school?

3. What role does H.S. Curie say the scythes fulfill in society?

4. What do commandments three and four declare about a victim's family members?

5. Why does Tyger splat?

6. What peak has civilization reached?

7. How do statistics factor in gleaning?

8. Are scythes allowed to reproduce?

9. What is the tenth commandment?

10. What do most scythes take their names from?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do the apprentices believe the reason High Blade Xenocrates gives for Scythe Faraday's death? Does self-gleaning seem like something he would do?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Why might a scythe become jaded? Does it seem like they have everything or nothing? Would theirs be a lonely life?

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