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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 Brutha see among the crops?

2. Why is the slave complaining?

3. According to the author, what is the world full of?

4. Who does Brutha bring to the garden to see the tortoise?

5. How does Brutha feel when they put a hood over his head?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the cloaked revolutionaries talk of doing?

2. How does Brutha react to the idea of demons?

3. What does Om say happened to him?

4. Why is torture acceptable according to Brutha?

5. What is the relationship between eagles and tortoises, according to the author?

6. What happens when the eagle swoops down over the Place of Lamentation?

7. What does Burtha doubt, and how does Om prove it to him?

8. What is happening to the drunk Fri'it?

9. What does the captain admit to Brutha when he sees compassion?

10. How does Vorbis feel about Brutha's answers regarding faith?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Om finally comes clean to Brutha about his suspicions about Omnia, faith, and the church. Explain the connection and what this means for both Om and Brutha.

Essay Topic 2

How does it come to pass that Vorbis promotes himself as a prophet? Why do the people believe him? How does he treat Brutha?

Essay Topic 3

Om does a lot of thinking about gods and his own status and relationships as they walk in the desert. What does he realize? How is his relationship with Brutha different now, and how does he plan to respond to the changes?

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