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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. What reason does Scythe Volta give for aligning with Scythe Goddard?

2. What happens when Rowan's nanites are turned off?

3. What happens to Citra as she is leaving the revival center?

4. Which best describes Citra's instructions for travel?

5. What does Rowan use to start a fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Citra do after the first time she sees Scythe Curie glean someone?

2. Why does Scythe Faraday fake his death?

3. When do Scythes Curie and Faraday reconnect after her apprenticeship?

4. How does Rowan feel about his growing abilities?

5. What happens to the people Rowan practices on?

6. What does Scythe Curie say will happen when Citra arrives at her northern destination?

7. Why did Scythe Curie choose to train Citra?

8. What does Scythe Curie instruct Citra to do in Part 3, Chapter 18?

9. What does Scythe Goddard decide Rowan must do for the first time in Part 4, Chapter 35?

10. Why does Volta self-glean?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the curate offer to help Rowan after the bloodshed? What does it say about Rowan's character that he does not hide?

Essay Topic 2

H.S. Curie wrote that she had fought against the purge, which wiped out the elders who were mortal-born. How did that event effect her? Why is she proud of her decision?

Essay Topic 3

Why does H.S. Curie find joy in others choosing to live forever? What is it about brand new scythes that makes her hopeful?

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