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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which of the following does Anastasia live?
(a) Monona Terrace.
(b) Usonian House.
(c) Taliesin West.
(d) Fallingwater.

2. Tyger’s note that “Oh, man, this is the best news ever!” (62) is an example of which of the following?
(a) Litotes.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Hyperbole.

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

4. In what city does Anastasia glean Ethan J. Hogan?
(a) Akron.
(b) Columbus.
(c) Cleveland.
(d) Cincinnati.

5. 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. How many demerits result from missing a probation meeting?

2. In what year does the action of the novel begin?

3. In what AWFul club does Slayd meet Purity?

4. What employment rate does Slayd’s replacement probation officer cite her employment center as having?

5. Which of the following is Greyson’s middle name?

Short Essay Questions

1. At first glance, the term “deadish” that appears throughout the novel might seem to be a euphemism; the “ish” suffix tends to be one that mitigates the effect or impact of the stem word to which it is attached. Why, however, is it NOT an example of euphemism?

2. What is the irony in Greyson’s unsavory cousin having “iron chains surgically implanted in his wrists” (102)?

3. Why does Munira carry the nickname among the library clerks that she does?

4. What reasons does Sir Albin Aldrich give for wanting to be gleaned during a performance of Julius Caesar?

5. The novel notes Rowan’s work “while others prepared for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday” (53), as well as marking other holidays throughout the year (Christmas is mentioned, among others). What does the denotation of what holidays are celebrated suggest about the culture of the narrative milieu?

6. Anastasia notes that the site of the Mortality Memorial is “a city underserved by the scythedom” because it “was too macabre for them” and “in very poor taste” (45). Why would scythes, whose work is in killing people, find celebrations of death macabre and in poor taste, per the novel?

7. What reasons does Scythe Constantine give for the scythedom’s efforts to protect Anastasia when she is excused from gleaning?

8. Contrast the requirements for entering scythedom and for becoming a Nimbus agent.

9. The Thunderhead remarks that its Charter Regions are experiments (59). What experiment is it conducting in Texas? What result does it expect?

10. What reasons does the Thunderhead give for finding employment for all people who want it?

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