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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form of address is accorded to a common scythe in the novel?
(a) Your Excellency.
(b) Your Grace.
(c) Your Honor.
(d) Your Majesty.

2. Which of the following is Greyson’s middle name?
(a) Russell.
(b) Timothy.
(c) Archibald.
(d) Simon.

3. How many sisters does Greyson have?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

4. How large in diameter does Rowan note Brahms’s usual gleaning territory is?
(a) 15 miles.
(b) 30 miles.
(c) 50 miles.
(d) 20 miles.

5. What euphemism does the Thunderhead use to refer to actions it is asked not to observe?
(a) Closed-door activity.
(b) Closed-eye activity.
(c) Closed-door proclivity.
(d) Open-access activity.

6. Scythe Brahms wears robes of what color/s?
(a) Lemon and navy-blue.
(b) Peach and baby-blue.
(c) Apricot and azure.
(d) Lemon and navy-blue.

7. What color robes does Scythe Curie wear?
(a) Puce.
(b) Lavender.
(c) Magenta.
(d) Ochre.

8. What nickname does Munira have among the library clerks?
(a) The mortician.
(b) The harbinger.
(c) The avatar.
(d) The undertaker.

9. In what city is the Mortality Memorial?
(a) Philadelphia.
(b) Erie.
(c) Allentown.
(d) Pittsburgh.

10. Into what day does Davey threaten to knock Slayd?
(a) Next Thursday.
(b) Next Monday.
(c) Next Wednesday.
(d) Next Tuesday.

11. The phrase that “it was like a piece of gristle in his mouth” (101) offer an example of which of the following?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

12. What instrument does Ethan J. Hogan play?
(a) Cello.
(b) Bass.
(c) Violin.
(d) Viola.

13. How much of the population does the Thunderhead find requires defiance to create meaning?
(a) 10%.
(b) 2%.
(c) 4%.
(d) 3%.

14. What is Anastasia’s younger brother named?
(a) Jerry.
(b) Ben.
(c) Frank.
(d) Elijah.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What decade does the AWFul club Mault emulate?

4. What profession does Slayd assign to his fictional parents?

5. Purity’s comment that “We’re gonna mark the world like animals do, and leave behind a scent that’ll never go away” (198) offers an example of which of the following?

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