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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. How long does the Thunderhead scream after the Fall of Endura?
(a) 10 hours.
(b) 10 days.
(c) 10 seconds.
(d) 10 minutes.

2. What percentage chance of changing the world does the Thunderhead ascribe to Rowan?
(a) 52%.
(b) 13%.
(c) 26%.
(d) 39%.

3. Of what stone is the PanAsia Seat of Consideration made?
(a) Jade.
(b) Marble.
(c) Sandstone.
(d) Granite.

4. Of what stone is the Antarctica Seat of Consideration made?
(a) Marble.
(b) Sandstone.
(c) Shale and limestone.
(d) Onyx.

5. How does Rowan defeat Goddard in their sparring match on January 8?
(a) Knockout.
(b) Submission.
(c) Points.
(d) Pin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title is given the overall leader of the scythes?

2. In what row of the audience does Scythe Curie sit for the stage play?

3. Which of the following places does Munira suggest has been lost to time?

4. Anastasia’s comment that “She couldn’t let him twist in the wind on her behalf” (285) offers an example of which of the following?

5. If Tonists travel in a group of 7, what do they purpose to represent?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the reasons guessed at for Curie sealing Anastasia and Rowan into the Vault of Relics and Futures?

2. What is the persistent remark made by Grandslayers about their Seats of Consideration?

3. What reasons does the Thunderhead give for disliking having its “backbrain” searched?

4. What rituals attend upon opening the scythes’ conclave, and why are they important?

5. What is the primary rhetorical appeal made in Goddard’s oration to the Grandslayers during the inquest, and why is it the primary appeal?

6. What clues do Scythes Rand and Goddard leave to affirm what they have done to Tyger?

7. What is the backup plan for the distraction at the assault on Scythes Curie and Anastasia at the theater? Why is it the backup plan (264-65)?

8. What information does Rowan have about Texas when he awakens in captivity there (246)?

9. Consider Scythe Constantine’s comment that he will attend the scythes’ conclave “even if they have to replace [his] blood with antifreeze to make it happen” (281-82). What is implied about him by the comment, and how is it implied?

10. What reason does Mendoza give for darkness in Greyson’s bedroom?

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