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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 term for returning to a more youthful state?

2. What does the anonymous not accuse Scythe Goddard of?

3. What no longer mattered after death was conquered?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 8, what does Scythe Faraday make Rowan do?

5. What do the scythes do to the plane passengers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Citra's mother beg of Scythe Faraday?

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

3. What does the term gleaning allude to?

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

5. How does Scythe Goddard break the eighth commandment?

6. What is the tenth commandment?

7. What do most scythes take their names from?

8. How is immunity communicated to the Scythedom?

9. Are scythes allowed to kill other scythes?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why does H.S. Curie glean when she believes it is the most difficult thing is to do? What eternal costs does she fear could be in store for her?

Essay Topic 3

What is the reason that a sythe’s gown cannot be black? What are scythes supposed to stand for? Do scythes evoke an aura of lightness or darkness in people? Is this ironic?

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