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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 rescues Citra after she jumps off the building?

2. Who does Scythe Curie refuse to glean?

3. What does Citra purposely do when she goes home?

4. What does the Thunderhead say it has done twice for Citra?

5. In Chapter 3, Part 26, what is Rowan surprised to see Scythe Volta doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Scythe Faraday lament in the Epigraph before Chapter 33?

2. What happens to the people Rowan practices on?

3. What does Rowan think of Scythe Volta?

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

5. How does Rowan feel about his growing abilities?

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

7. Why does Volta self-glean?

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

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

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

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

In the first Epigraph excerpt from H.S. Curie's gleaning journal, what does she mean when she questions that if scythes did not feel remorse, "What monsters would we be?" (3)? What is her gleaning philosophy?

Essay Topic 3

What are Citra's suspicions regarding Scythe Faraday's death? Why does she need Rowan to believe in her? Have they grown apart?

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