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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 kind of robes do the scythes on the plane wear?

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

3. Why does Curie think scythes wear robes in private?

4. What is Citra's mother's job?

5. What does a victim ask Curie that stumps her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Tyger splat?

3. How does Scythe Goddard break the eighth commandment?

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

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

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

7. How is immunity communicated to the Scythedom?

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

9. By law, what documents must be kept?

10. Why is the sixth commandment so important?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the Epigraph excerpt at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 11, H.S. Curie ponders, "If we are not human, what are we?" (110). What has changed about thoughts and emotions?

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

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

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