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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. Who does the Thunderhead want to get Citra away from?

2. What does Citra use to research Scythe Faraday's death?

3. Who does Scythe Curie refuse to glean?

4. What does H.S. Curie write that she will not take on?

5. What would healing nanites help Rowan do?

Short Essay Questions

1. When do Scythes Curie and Faraday reconnect after her apprenticeship?

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

3. What is Rowan instructed to do with Esme?

4. What is surrounding Scythe Curie's home?

5. What does Scythe Curie instruct Citra to do in Part 3, Chapter 18?

6. Who kills Scythes Rand and Chomsky?

7. What does Scythe Curie plan to do in 100 years?

8. Why does Scythe Faraday fake his death?

9. What did Scythe Goddard plan to do with the two apprentices after Scythe Faraday's death?

10. Why does Volta self-glean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

H.S. Curie wrote that she had fought against the purge, which wiped out the elders who were mortal-born. How did that event effect her? Why is she proud of her decision?

Essay Topic 2

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

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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