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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 4, where is Magnus Bane going to undertake a project?

2. In Chapter 8, how long does James stay with the Pouncebys giving his condolences for Basil's death?

3. What does Alastair think his father needed 5,000 pounds for?

4. In Chapter 10, who comes to James and Cordelia with news of a murder?

5. In Chapter 8, who is able to fire the gun?

Short Essay Questions

1. What power does Grace receive in 1897?

2. Who meets Grace in the drawing room on the day of Cordelia and James's wedding?

3. What does James give Cordelia for their two-week anniversary, and why?

4. What demon approaches after the party at the Wentworth's, and how is it dispatched?

5. When Tatiana tries to get Grace to influence James, what happens?

6. In Chapter 8, what news does Matthew bring?

7. How does James describe Cordelia when he sees her as she is about to walk down the aisle to him?

8. What problems has Cordelia been having with her sword, Cortana?

9. In Chapter 10, why does Thomas come to James and Cordelia to ask them to go with him to learn about the young girl stabbed and killed?

10. How does Cordelia compare the way that Matthew drinks to the way that her father drinks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Matthew and Cordelia both understand unrequited love. Why do Matthew and Cordelia both understand unrequited love?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

James and Cordelia have a marriage of convenience. What is a marriage of convenience? Why is their marriage considered to be a marriage of convenience?

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