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

2. How many people are required for a scythe to have contact with the Thunderhead?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. What is Anastasia’s younger brother named?
(a) Jerry.
(b) Elijah.
(c) Ben.
(d) Frank.

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

5. What is the name of the probation officer who replaces Traxler for Slayd?
(a) Dredd.
(b) Kreel.
(c) Turpin.
(d) Lane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color robes does Scythe Curie wear?

2. How long is Greyson’s initial sentence of unsavoriness?

3. The Thunderhead notes that Earth prior to its governance could have supported no more than how many humans?

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

5. What instrument does Ethan J. Hogan play?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Xenocrates rehearse for visiting his bathhouse more frequently as the year draws to a close?

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

3. With what task does Faraday charge Rowan concerning his scythe-killing, and why does he do so?

4. 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?

5. The Thunderhead rebukes its administration for desiring more ostentatious buildings (69-70). Why, per the text, does it do so?

6. What reason does the Thunderhead give for not accepting responsibility for dealing death?

7. Scythe Brahms observes that “five highly developed senses could often have the semblance of a sixth” (6). To what sixth sense does Brahms refer? What purpose might its denial serve for the genre?

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

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

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

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