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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. The Thunderhead calculates what proportion of people as needing to be “supplanted”?
(a) 1 in 314,152.
(b) 1 in 869,272.
(c) 1 in 933,684.
(d) 1 in 123,789.

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

3. Which section of the Separation of Scythe and State is violated by Greyson interfering in the attempt on Scythes Curie and Anastasia?
(a) Clause 16, paragraph 3.
(b) Clause 16, paragraph 4.
(c) Clause 15, paragraph 2.
(d) Clause 15, paragraph 3.

4. What breed of dog does Brahms own?
(a) Maltese.
(b) Pekinese.
(c) Dachshund.
(d) Chihuahua.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following can cause a permanent death in the novel?

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

3. How many years does the novel note it takes to become a Nimbus agent?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What reasons does the Thunderhead give for the inefficiencies in the Office of Unsavory Affairs?

3. There is a note that Scythe Anastasia “was beginning to hate having to take the obsequious self-driving cars. Funny, but it had never bothered her before her apprenticeship. Citra Terranova had never had a burning desire to learn to drive—but Scythe Anastasia now did. Perhaps it was part of the self-determined nature of being a scythe that made her feel uncomfortable as a passive passenger in a publicar. Or maybe it was the spirit of Scythe Curie rubbing off on her” (38). What rhetorical appeal/s is/are present in the passage?

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

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

6. What does Rowan identify as problems with the scythes’ security forces when he confronts Xenocrates in his bath?

7. Why does Anastasia feel the need to call upon Greyson after his denigration to unsavory status, per her report?

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

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

10. Scythe Brahms observes that “no one should see a scythe so indisposed and live” when a couple sees him bestrewn with rotting food and helps him; instead, he gives them immunity from execution and sends them on their way (11-12). How does the passage serve to reinforce his personal authority?

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