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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Esme taken from?

2. What is the chance of being gleaned?

3. Where do the Terranovas live?

4. How old does Scythe Faraday appear to be?

5. What does the businessman on the plane do?

Short Essay Questions

1. By law, what documents must be kept?

2. How does Scythe Goddard break the eighth commandment?

3. What type of people are chosen to be scythes?

4. What role does H.S. Curie say the scythes fulfill in society?

5. How is the passing of time recorded once numerical years are obsolete?

6. What does the term gleaning allude to?

7. What are the only items scythes are allowed to own?

8. What do the Terranovas think Scythe Faraday is going to do to them?

9. Are scythes allowed to reproduce?

10. Why does Tyger splat?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Scythe Curie's claim to fame? What does her nickname mean? What does she regret about being a legend?

Essay Topic 2

Why does H.S. Curie glean when she believes it is the most difficult thing is to do? What eternal costs does she fear could be in store for her?

Essay Topic 3

What is the reason that a sythe’s gown cannot be black? What are scythes supposed to stand for? Do scythes evoke an aura of lightness or darkness in people? Is this ironic?

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