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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 Vorbis call the light in the desert?

2. How does Om help Brutha extricate the arrow?

3. Who set the fire in the library?

4. Where does Brutha work when he is back in the Citadel?

5. What do the gods tell the mortals?

Short Essay Questions

1. What important role does Luz-Tze play in this book?

2. What is Brutha supposed to do to the library, and how does he protect it?

3. What has Vorbis been like as they travel through the desert , and how does he change?

4. What does the sea goddess want, and what does Brutha talk to her about?

5. How does Vorbis explain Brutha's knowledge to the people in the Citadel?

6. What is St. Ungulant like, and how does he help Brutha?

7. What does Didactylos think about sureness and how does he back up his view on it?

8. How does Om help the warriors on the ground?

9. What happens to Vorbis during his ordainment ceremony, and what was Brutha's role in the situation?

10. What does Om tell Brutha about his situation and his connection to Brutha?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how Didactylos feels about his book. Why did he write it? What proof did he have that it was accurate? Why was he willing to doubt it? How did he defend it to Vorbis?

Essay Topic 2

What action does the Turtle Society take against Vorbis? What weaponry do they develop and what strategies do they have planned to overcome Vorbis' evil?

Essay Topic 3

As Om spends time among mortals, he begins to think, for the first time ever, of the concepts of fairness and justice. What makes him think of these, and what are his thoughts? Why did he never think of these in his powerful god state?

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