View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the flowers Serapio can smell as his mother gives him something to drink in Chapter 1?

2. What color dye does Serapio's mother rub on his teeth in Chapter 1?

3. In Chapter 6, how many ships did Jutik, a traveler from Barach, sail on throughout his travels around the Crescent Sea?

4. Who challenges Naranpa in Chapter 9?

5. In Chapter 8, about how many crows surround Serapio?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when a storm comes in Chapter 20?

2. Why does Lord Balam get Xiala released from jail and what does he offer her?

3. What agreement do the great peoples make in the Treaty of Hokaia?

4. In Chapter 4, why is the priesthood gathered at the foot of the bridge to Odo at sunrise?

5. What and how did Serapio's mother carve on him in Chapter 1?

6. What has Serapio heard about sailors who find Teek lands?

7. How does Abah confront Naranpa in Chapter 9, and how does Naranpa feel about the attack?

8. How had Okoa's people suffered?

9. What doe Eedi carry, and what will she teach Serapio with it?

10. How does Naranpa believe Iktan is undermining her authority in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of Black Sun? How does the way that the third-person narrator follows Serapio, Xiala, Naranpa, or Okoa influence what readers know about events and characters? How does having the narrator follow different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 2

Okoa has been taught at the War College that justice is not gained through violence. Why does Okoa not believe that justice can be found through violence? Does the incident during the Solstice at Sun Rock change his mind?

Essay Topic 3

Naranpa and Iktan had an affair when they were dedicants. How did their relationship change when they moved to positions of power? What type of relationship do they have and why is it complicated?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 1,038 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample