Rebel Witch Quiz: 20 Questions to Test Your Knowledge of the Crimson Moth Sequel

Plot & Sequence (Questions 1–8) 1. Multiple Choice: What is Gideon's mission at the start of the book?

A) To assassinate Rune Winters to prevent an alliance between Cressida and Soren
B) To rescue the sibyl Aurelia
C) To steal Cressida's spell books
D) To convince Rune to break her engagement 2. Multiple Choice: How does Rune escape from the ballroom during the recital?
A) She uses a Ghost Walker spell
B) She takes a whiskey bottle and exits into the hall
C) She jumps from the balcony
D) She hides in a closet 3. Multiple Choice: What does Cressida plan to do with her sisters' bodies?
A) Bury them at sea
B) Perform a resurrection spell requiring a close kin sacrifice
C) Turn them into soldiers
D) Use them to bargain with Soren 4. Multiple Choice: How does Rune break Gideon's curse?
A) She uses a counterspell from a book
B) She spills her own blood in a sacrificial act while altering the spell
C) She kisses him
D) She destroys the brand 5. Multiple Choice: What happens to Cressida at the end?
A) She is killed by Gideon
B) She is killed by Seraphine/Wisdom, who transfers her life force to Rune
C) She escapes to the Continent
D) She is imprisoned 6. Multiple Choice: What is the significance of the coin Gideon leaves for Rune?
A) It is a token of his love
B) It is a map to the missing heir
C) It is a coin stamped with Cascadia and Queen Althea's face, a contraband memory of erased history
D) It is a key to his apartment 7. Multiple Choice: Who is the missing Roseblood heir?
A) Cressida's long-lost brother
B) Rune herself
C) Seraphine
D) Aurelia's daughter Meadow 8. Multiple Choice: After Gideon refuses to sail away with her, what does Rune initially decide to do?
A) She boards a train alone
B) She returns to Cressida
C) She stays to fight
D) She goes to the hot spring

Character Motivation (Questions 9–13) 9. Short Answer: Why does Rune accept Soren's marriage proposal? 10. Multiple Choice: What motivates Gideon to spare Rune in the powder room?

A) He sees her crying and realizes she is drunk
B) He remembers his brother's love for her
C) He fears Cressida's wrath
D) He wants to use her as a hostage 11. Short Answer: Why does Rune decide to save Gideon from Cressida's curse? 12. Multiple Choice: What is Gideon's primary motivation for agreeing to the truce with Rune in the bridal shop?
A) He wants to arrest her and use her as leverage against Soren
B) He genuinely wants to help witches
C) He wants to find the missing heir
D) He wants to escape the police 13. Short Answer: Why does Cressida need Rune alive?

Theme & Symbol (Questions 14–17) 14. Multiple Choice: What does the Crimson Moth symbolize in the novel?

A) Rune's secret identity as a witch who saves others
B) The Blood Guard's emblem
C) Cressida's power
D) The New Republic's flag 15. Short Answer: What does the ring that Rune wears (Alex's ring) represent? 16. Multiple Choice: What does the True Love's Curse symbolize in the story?
A) The impossibility of love between witch and witch hunter
B) The power of sacrifice and true love to overcome obstacles
C) Cressida's control over Gideon
D) The curse of being a witch 17. Short Answer: What does the coin with Queen Althea's face represent?

Synthesis (Questions 18–20) 18. Multiple Choice: How does the novel explore the theme of “the world you're willing to fight for”?

A) Through Rune's decision to stay and fight for a new world of equals
B) Through Gideon's refusal to fight
C) Through Cressida's desire for power
D) Through Soren's alliance 19. Short Answer: Compare Rune's and Gideon's motivations for their actions. How do they evolve? 20. Multiple Choice: What is the significance of Seraphine being revealed as Wisdom, an Ancient?
A) It explains her immortality and her role in guiding Rune
B) It shows that magic is real
C) It proves the Ancients are evil
D) It is a twist with no impact

Answer Key

Plot & Sequence 1. A – Gideon carries kill orders to prevent the alliance between Cressida and Soren by assassinating Rune (Chapter 1). 2. B – Rune takes a whiskey bottle from a servant and exits into the hall, giving Gideon his opportunity (Chapter 1). 3. B – Cressida preserved her sisters' bodies and plans a resurrection spell requiring a close kin sacrifice (Chapter 4). 4. B – Rune uses her own blood, spilled in a sacrificial act (while being whipped), to break the curse and then alters it (Chapter 49). 5. B – Seraphine, revealed as Wisdom, stabs Cressida and transfers her life force to Rune, reviving her (Chapter 76). 6. C – The coin is stamped with Cascadia and Queen Althea's face, representing erased history and contraband memory (Chapter 47). 7. B – Gideon realizes Rune is the missing heir when she completes the summoning ritual (Chapter 38). 8. A – Rune plans to board a train alone, but later gets off to save Gideon (Chapters 66–70).

Character Motivation 9. Answer: To secure an army for Cressida to wage war on the New Republic, as part of Cressida's scheme (Chapter 1). 10. A – Gideon hesitates when he sees Rune crying and notices she has been drinking (Chapter 3). 11. Answer: Because she loves him and realizes he sacrificed his life so she could go free; she decides he is worth the risk (Chapters 48 and 65). 12. A – Gideon secretly plans to arrest Rune and use her as leverage to force Soren to eliminate Cressida (Chapter 13). 13. Answer: Because Rune is her half-sister, and Cressida needs a close kin sacrifice to resurrect her sisters (Chapters 50 and 74).

Theme & Symbol 14. A – The Crimson Moth is Rune's secret identity as a witch who rescues others; her spell signature is a crimson moth (Chapters 10 and 25). 15. Answer: It represents her connection to Alex, her grief, and her past; she gives it to Gideon, symbolizing her letting go of that identity (Chapters 2 and 22). 16. B – The curse prevents skin-to-skin contact with true love, and only true love's blood spilled sacrificially can break it, symbolizing love's power to overcome obstacles (Chapter 48). 17. Answer: It represents the erased history of Cascadia and rebellion against the New Republic's rewriting of history (Chapter 47).

Synthesis 18. A – The novel shows Rune choosing to stay and fight for a world of equals, as seen in the epilogue where she becomes a parliamentarian (Chapter 79). 19. Answer: Both start with duty to their sides—Rune reluctantly serves Cressida to save witches, while Gideon serves the New Republic. Over time, they evolve to prioritize love and a new vision of coexistence, leading them to sacrifice for each other (Chapters 13, 36, 65, 73). 20. A – Seraphine's identity as Wisdom explains her immortality and her role in guiding Rune to correct the error of the Roseblood dynasty (Chapters 73 and 76).