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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following injuries does Scythe Rand report having suffered?
(a) Broken back.
(b) Broken leg.
(c) Broken arm.
(d) Broken jaw.

2. How many years old is Endura?
(a) 300.
(b) 150.
(c) 250.
(d) 200.

3. What likelihood does the Thunderhead calculate for human extinction in its absence?
(a) 82.7%.
(b) 96.8%.
(c) 98.6%.
(d) 78.3%.

4. With what warning does the Librarian of Congress leave Faraday and Munira?
(a) Mind your manners.
(b) Mind the gap.
(c) Mind your head.
(d) Mind the rats.

5. How many years of flight paths does Munira review with Faraday?
(a) 10.
(b) 25.
(c) 50.
(d) 100.

6. What does Anastasia eat during the recess in the inquest?
(a) A banana.
(b) A pear.
(c) An apple.
(d) An orange.

7. The Thunderhead’s remark that “This, I know, is a rabbit hole down which only darkness lies” (430) is an example of which of the following?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Chiasmus.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

8. How much of a person’s body do the Grandslayers rule must remain intact for that person to remain a scythe?
(a) 20%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 40%.

9. At what theater does Scythe Anastasia purpose to trap her assailants?
(a) The Orpheum.
(b) The Palladium.
(c) The Odeon.
(d) The Lyceum.

10. How many new scythes are ordained at the conclave?
(a) 1.
(b) 0.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

11. What is the collective noun for a group of scythes?
(a) Parliament.
(b) Clowder.
(c) Murder.
(d) Elegy.

12. Into what construction does the Librarian of Congress admit Faraday and Munira?
(a) The Channel Tunnel.
(b) The Cannon Archive.
(c) The Lincoln Tunnel.
(d) The Cannon Tunnel.

13. Which of the following scythes is the Parliamentarian at the conclave?
(a) Mandela.
(b) Salk.
(c) Sun Tzu.
(d) Paine.

14. What scythe remarks that “We have just entered the worst of all possible worlds” (349)?
(a) Clarke.
(b) Silverberg.
(c) Asimov.
(d) Heinlein.

15. Whose robe does Rowan don in the Vault of Relics and Futures?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Powhatan.
(c) Prometheus.
(d) Cleopatra.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is Greyson able to move after fleeing the theater before he falls unconscious?

2. What form of address is accorded to a Grandslayer in the novel?

3. What injury does Scythe Constantine sustain in the theater?

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. The comment that “they may have handed me a pearl within this nasty oyster” (373) is an example of which of the following?

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