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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. In Part 3, Chapter 25, where does Scythe Goddard perform a mass-gleaning?

2. Who does the Thunderhead say is responsible for what happened to Scythe Faraday?

3. What reason does Scythe Volta give for aligning with Scythe Goddard?

4. What does Scythe Goddard think scythes are greater than?

5. What does Scythe Goddard compare gleaning to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Scythe Goddard decide Rowan must do for the first time in Part 4, Chapter 35?

2. What does Scythe Curie do when Citra questions her in public?

3. How does Rowan feel about his growing abilities?

4. Why does Scythe Faraday fake his death?

5. What does Scythe Curie say will happen when Citra arrives at her northern destination?

6. What does Citra do after the first time she sees Scythe Curie glean someone?

7. Who kills Scythes Rand and Chomsky?

8. What is Rowan instructed to do with Esme?

9. What does the Thunderhead tell Citra about her future?

10. What does Rowan do for the Tonists in the cloister?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does religion become irrelevant? What does belief have to do with existence? Does anyone have faith?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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