From Blood and Ash

Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

CHAPTERS 1-5

Reading Check

1. Which faction supports Prince Casteel?

2. Who is Penellaphe’s maid and confidante?

3. What sound interrupts Lord Mazeen’s attempted assault of Penellaphe?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. What is Penellaphe’s motivation for going to the Red Pearl?

2. What is Penellaphe’s special power, and what does it allow her to understand about Hawke?

3. In what supposedly treasonous activity do Penellaphe and Vikter engage?

Paired Resource

“The Type”

• This 4-minute video features spoken-word poet Sarah Kay performing her poem “The Type,” a work about women reclaiming their subjectivity.
• This resource relates to the themes of Self-Exploration and Character Growth and Religion as a Means for Control.
• What point is Kay making about how women often think about themselves in a patriarchal society? What evidence do you see that Penellaphe yearns for more agency in her own life? What forces in her society work toward making her more object than subject? How does her status as “Maiden” relate to both gender and class roles in her society?