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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following games does Ethan J. Hogan play with Scythe Anastasia?
(a) Blackjack.
(b) Poker.
(c) Baccarat.
(d) Roulette.

2. How long is Tyger suspended for his pool prank?
(a) 3 weeks.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 3 months.

3. In what year does the action of the novel begin?
(a) Year of the Capybara.
(b) Year of the Nutria.
(c) Year of the Beaver.
(d) Year of the Chinchilla.

4. What profession does Slayd assign to his fictional parents?
(a) Physics professors.
(b) English professors.
(c) Law professors.
(d) Chemistry professors.

5. Purity’s comment that “We’re gonna mark the world like animals do, and leave behind a scent that’ll never go away” (198) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Litotes.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Simile.

6. What name does Brahms’s dog have?
(a) Requiem.
(b) Toccata.
(c) Lullaby.
(d) Sonata.

7. How many demerits result from missing a probation meeting?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 6.

8. What color robes does Scythe Anastasia wear?
(a) Sea-foam
(b) Teal.
(c) Chartreuse.
(d) Turquoise.

9. Munira’s name carries which of the following meanings?
(a) Sarcastic.
(b) Liminal.
(c) Civic.
(d) Luminous.

10. At what time is Greyson’s first probation meeting?
(a) 8:00 p.m.
(b) 9:00 a.m.
(c) 8:30 a.m.
(d) 8:00 a.m.

11. The first stanza of the nursery rhyme about the Land of Nod, “Let’s all forsake / the Land of Wake, / And break for the Land of Nod” (145) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Rhyme.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Alliteration.

12. Which of the following can cause a permanent death in the novel?
(a) Exsanguination.
(b) Acid.
(c) Bullets.
(d) Decapitation.

13. How many members sit on the World Scythe Council that governs scythedom?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

14. What is the name of the family on whose lawn Brahms’s dog defecates before Brahms is presented with Rowan?
(a) Thompson.
(b) Smith.
(c) Worthington.
(d) Vale.

15. How long is Greyson’s initial sentence of unsavoriness?
(a) 4 months.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 1 year.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following cities does Anastasia perform a gleaning as part of the plan to trap her assailants?

2. What is Anastasia’s mother named?

3. Scythe Brahms wears robes of what color/s?

4. On what day of the week does Rowan surveil Brahms’s house?

5. What occupation does Anastasia’s mother have?

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