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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 does Rowan dress in when he leaves the sanctuary?

2. Who is Citra accused of murdering?

3. What do the children think will protect them?

4. What does Scythe Curie search for in a victim?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Scythe Faraday fake his death?

2. Why does Volta self-glean?

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

4. How does Rowan feel about his growing abilities?

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

6. What is Rowan instructed to do with Esme?

7. Who kills Scythes Rand and Chomsky?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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