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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. In what Texas city is Tyger’s position?
(a) San Antonio.
(b) Austin.
(c) Dallas.
(d) Houston.

3. The comment that “Problem-solving was not the scythedom’s strength” (97) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Litotes.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Chiasmus.

4. What does Tyger state is his purpose in visiting Rowan?
(a) Saying everything.
(b) Saying nothing.
(c) Saying hello.
(d) Saying goodbye.

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

6. How large in diameter does Rowan note Brahms’s usual gleaning territory is?
(a) 20 miles.
(b) 50 miles.
(c) 15 miles.
(d) 30 miles.

7. Which of the following scythes speaks out against Anastasia’s methods?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Roosevelt.
(c) Truman.
(d) Eishenhower.

8. In which of the following cities does Anastasia perform a gleaning as part of the plan to trap her assailants?
(a) Corn City.
(b) Steel City.
(c) Soda City.
(d) Brew City.

9. In the novel, the word “hubris” is closest in meaning to which of the following?
(a) Sloth.
(b) Pride.
(c) Wrath.
(d) Gluttony.

10. How many Charter Regions does the Thunderhead maintain?
(a) 7.
(b) 3.
(c) 9.
(d) 5.

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

12. Into what day does Davey threaten to knock Slayd?
(a) Next Thursday.
(b) Next Tuesday.
(c) Next Wednesday.
(d) Next Monday.

13. Which of the following is served at the Terranova Thanksgiving meal?
(a) Vegetarian turkey.
(b) Four-breasted turkey.
(c) Four-legged turkey.
(d) Four-winged turkey.

14. With what accuracy is the Thunderhead able to predict the path Scythes Curie and Anastasia take after the attempt is made on their lives and before they purpose to entrap their assailants?
(a) 42%.
(b) 45%.
(c) 36%.
(d) 39%.

15. Which of the following is Greyson’s middle name?
(a) Archibald.
(b) Timothy.
(c) Russell.
(d) Simon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what city does the novel begin?

2. What make of car does Anastasia drive at Curie’s behest?

3. How long is Tyger suspended for his pool prank?

4. Tyger’s note that “Oh, man, this is the best news ever!” (62) is an example of which of the following?

5. The comment that “it lived by the laws it levied” (95) offers an example of which of the following?

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