Scythe Novel Review

Which genre does Scythe belong to?

• Literary nonfiction

• Gothic literature

• Dystopian fiction

• drama

What vegetable does Rowan use to describe himself early in the novel?

• lettuce

• carrot

• broccoli

• spinach

What year did the Thunderhead evolve from the "cloud"?

• 2024

• 2042

• 2142

• 2342

When Citra and Rowan first meet each other, they are at the ________________.

• movies

• market

• school

• opera

What type of figurative language is occurring in the following lines?

“Even when you’re food shopping, death is hiding right behind the milk.”

“It never hides,” the scythe told them. “Nor does it sleep.”

• simile

• personification

• hyperbole

• allusion

What commandment determines the flight attendant’s consequences when she ran away?

• #4 - Thou shalt kill the beloved of those who resist

• #6 - Thou shalt lead an exemplary life in word and deed

• #8 - Thou shalt claim no earthly possessions, save thy robes, ring, and journal

• #10 - Thou shalt be beholden to no laws beyond these.

How many gleanings must a scythe perform each year?

• 200

• 250

• 260

• 270

In order to pay his respect to those he gleans, Faraday does what?

• explains how they are going to be gleaned

• allows them to write letters

• gives them one more hour of life

• attends their funeral

In their first conclave, what does Rowan say he fears?

• nothing

• dying

• spiders

• the dark

Who suggests the stipulation that whoever wins the Scythehood, Citra or Rowan, will glean the loser?

• Goddard

• Rand

• Chomsky

• Volta