Plot
Rowan refuses to promise this special protection to Tyger.
What is immunity from gleaning?
Rowan refuses Tyger’s request for future immunity because granting it would violate the rules. What trait does this show?
What is integrity or responsibility?
In the excerpt “grant him immunity,” define immunity.
What is official protection from being gleaned?
Rowan meets with Tyger after Faraday gives him time away from training.
What is Rowan’s hometown or former neighborhood?
This old friend asks Rowan whether he will receive immunity after Rowan becomes a scythe.
Who is Tyger Salazar?
Rowan secretly hides Tyger in this room when he brings him to Faraday’s home.
What is the weapons den?
Rowan hides Tyger because he worries that Citra might like Tyger more than she likes him. What does this reveal?
What is jealousy or insecurity?
In the excerpt containing “Bokator,” identify what Bokator means in this context.
What is a Cambodian martial art?
Rowan hides Tyger among the deadly equipment in this part of Faraday’s house.
What is the weapons den?
This apprentice studies Bokator and discovers she could reverse Rowan’s hold.
Who is Citra Terranova?
During martial-arts practice, Citra delays escaping Rowan’s hold because she notices this.
What is Rowan’s heartbeat?
Citra acts immediately when the resisting man injures Faraday. What trait does she demonstrate?
What is bravery or quick thinking?
In the excerpt “he resisted,” define resisted.
What is fought against or refused to submit?
Citra and Rowan practice Bokator in this training location.
What is Faraday’s home or training room?
This apprentice secretly brings Tyger into Faraday’s house.
Who is Rowan Damisch?
After a man attacks Faraday during a gleaning, Citra stops him by doing this.
What is gouging or injuring his eyes?
Faraday spares the gleaned man’s wife and children despite a law that could require their deaths. What does this reveal?
What is compassion or moral independence?
In the excerpt “security measure,” define measure.
What is an action or procedure intended to accomplish or prevent something?
Faraday’s violent gleaning of the resisting man occurs at this person’s home.
What is the selected man’s house?
This scythe spares a wife and two children after their husband and father is gleaned.
Who is Scythe Faraday?
Faraday tells the apprentices that they will soon be tested at this regional gathering.
What is the Vernal Conclave?
Citra secretly examines Faraday’s ring because she longs to know what wearing it feels like. What trait does this reveal?
What is curiosity and growing ambition?
In the title “No Room for Mediocrity,” define mediocrity.
What is the state of being merely average or not very good?
The apprentices spend Chapter 12 preparing to attend this gathering.
What is the Vernal Conclave?
This character taught Citra the martial art of Bokator.
Who is Scythe Yingxing?