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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 does Scythe Goddard think should be a requirement for scythes?

2. In what year did computational power become infinite?

3. What does the businessman on the plane do?

4. What does H.S. Curie believe is humanity's greatest achievement?

5. Where are nanites located?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is immunity communicated to the Scythedom?

2. What does the term gleaning allude to?

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

4. Why does Tyger splat?

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

6. Are scythes allowed to kill other scythes?

7. What is the tenth commandment?

8. By law, what documents must be kept?

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

10. What do most scythes take their names from?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do Scythes Curie and Faraday mean when they tell Citra that things are more than they seem or can be understood?

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 does the curate offer to help Rowan after the bloodshed? What does it say about Rowan's character that he does not hide?

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