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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 are scythes forbidden to do with the Thunderhead?

2. What is the term for a group of scythes?

3. What does Rowan think of Scythe Faradays' moral code?

4. Who arrives to tell the apprentices about Scythe Faraday?

5. What month is it when the book begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of people are chosen to be scythes?

2. Are scythes allowed to reproduce?

3. What do most scythes take their names from?

4. What is the tenth commandment?

5. What peak has civilization reached?

6. By law, what documents must be kept?

7. How is immunity communicated to the Scythedom?

8. What does the fifth commandment say about a scythe's service?

9. What are the first two Scythe Commandments about killing?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do love and loss transform between the mortal days and the post-mortal age, and what does eternity have to do with it?

Essay Topic 2

H.S. Faraday wrote that he continuously prays for guidance and courage. Why does he need those qualities? What does he equate desensitization to?

Essay Topic 3

Why does H.S. Curie find joy in others choosing to live forever? What is it about brand new scythes that makes her hopeful?

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