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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue: “Fire” and Part One: “Fog,” Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cassandra hit with the mirror instead of the phoenix-stone in the end of the Prologue: “Fire”?
(a) The bed
(b) Her bracelet
(c) Her foot
(d) Her hand

2. How many years ago had Grisini warned Cassandra of the phoenix-stone’s powers, according to the narrator in the Prologue: “Fire”?
(a) 12 years ago
(b) 22 years ago
(c) 31 years ago
(d) 37 years ago

3. What is Grisini’s full name said to be in the Prologue: “Fire”?
(a) Gaspare
(b) Griswald
(c) Gallantro
(d) Gremini

4. In the beginning of Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1, Clara considers that if it is too foggy, Grisini might not come and that her birthday “would be like all the others, with a trip” where “in the morning”?
(a) To the London Abbey
(b) To the pizza parlor
(c) To Kensal Green
(d) To the Royal Court

5. For how many years does the narrator say that Cassandra has cherished the phoenix-stone in the Prologue: “Fire”?
(a) 50
(b) 30
(c) 70
(d) 20

Short Answer Questions

1. On what day is Clara’s birthday in the novel?

2. What gemstone is on the locket that Clara’s parents give her for her birthday present in the beginning of the novel?

3. What season is noted in the opening of Part One: “Fog”?

4. What word from the Prologue: “Fire” refers to a delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires, especially lacy jewelers' work of scrolls and arabesques?

5. The children that are coming to Clara’s birthday party in Part One: “Fog,” Chapter 1 are said to be the children of her parents’ friends who live where?

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