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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Vega’s opponent in the final Duelum fight transform into in QUADRAGINTA NOVEM: “To the Death”?
(a) A creta.
(b) A frek.
(c) Two jabbits.
(d) A maniack.

2. What word in the novel refers to the medics that attend to those fighting in the Duelum?
(a) Destins.
(b) Elementals.
(c) Adders.
(d) Mendens.

3. When Delph asks Vega what the celebration is for at dinner in QUADRAGINTA QUINQUE: “A Special Night,” Vega responds that today is what?
(a) Her birthday.
(b) Thanksgiving.
(c) Delph's birthday.
(d) Christmas Eve.

4. What creature from Quentin Herms’s book is described as one “that would help you so long as you gave it a small gift each light”?
(a) An adar.
(b) A jabbit.
(c) A creta.
(d) A hob.

5. Who is the guard of Valhall that locks Vega in her cell?
(a) Domitar.
(b) Ezekiel.
(c) Nida.
(d) Thansius.

6. According to Thansius, what is the prize if a female Wug wins the Duelum competition?
(a) 500 coins.
(b) 2,000 coins.
(c) 3,000 coins.
(d) 1,000 coins.

7. What is the name of the restaurant that Delph takes Vega to after her first Duelum fight?
(a) Betty’s Kitchen.
(b) The Cookstove.
(c) The Starving Tove.
(d) The Green Pea.

8. What does Morrigone tell Vega will be a stipulation of her punishment if she should try to change the Duelum bouts?
(a) Vega will spend 20 years in Valhall.
(b) Vega’s memories will be erased.
(c) Vega’s brother will be executed.
(d) Delph will be executed.

9. What “weapon” does Delph insist that Vega Jane use in her final fight of the Duelum?
(a) His dagger.
(b) Virgil’s ring.
(c) Her magical cloak.
(d) Destin.

10. Delph threatens Vega by telling her that if she doesn’t allow him to go with her into Stacks, he’ll tell ___________.
(a) Alvis Alcumus.
(b) Silas.
(c) Quentin Herms.
(d) Domitar.

11. What does Vega smash when she goes into Morrigone’s home in QUADRAGINTA UNUS: “Slivers Too Few”?
(a) A painting.
(b) A mirror.
(c) A vase.
(d) A window.

12. Who has carried Vega to her cottage in QUINQUAGINTA: “The Duelum Champion”?
(a) Thansius.
(b) Delph.
(c) Morrigone.
(d) Silas.

13. Where does Vega Jane take Delph to dinner in QUADRAGINTA QUINQUE: “A Special Night”?
(a) The Green Pea.
(b) Linda's Cook House.
(c) Betty’s Kitchen.
(d) The Starving Tove.

14. What is described as “an evil spirit that attached to your body and then your mind and drove you irreversibly insane with every fear you’ve ever had”?
(a) A frek.
(b) A cobble.
(c) A maniack.
(d) A jabbit.

15. Morrigone tells Vega that if she should flee instead of participating in the Duelum, who will be taken prisoner in her place?
(a) Thansius.
(b) Delph.
(c) Domitar.
(d) Ezekiel.

Short Answer Questions

1. The word “amaroc” used in the novel is derived from the name “Amarok,” a gigantic wolf in what mythological system?

2. What twenty-four-year-old Wug is described in VIGINTI OCTO: “Valhall” as “the youngest member of Council”?

3. What does Vega describe as “a creature so gigantic it can block out the sun”?

4. Why is Delph unable to continue his participation in the fights of the Duelum?

5. What does Vega steal from Thansius’s desk?

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