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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 10, who comes to James and Cordelia with news of a murder?

2. In Chapter 8, who does Matthew tell James and Cordelia died while on patrol the night before?

3. Who chases a wheel demon through the Wentworths' rose garden in Chapter 7?

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

5. Who walks down the flower-strewn aisle at the wedding with James?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does it take Elias so long to return from the Basilias?

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

4. Who was the demon Yanluo?

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

6. What scene does Elias make at Cordelia's wedding, and how is his disgrace handled?

7. 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?

8. What power does Grace receive in 1897?

9. What does James tell his friends about the nightmares he had?

10. What power does Lucie have, and how has she tried to use it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Elias returns home after a time in a sanitarium. How do Cordelia and Alastair feel when their father returns home? Why is it difficult for them to reconcile with their father? How does their hesitation to welcome him prevent them from reconciling with him?

Essay Topic 2

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in the novel? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? Why might research be required to understand allusions?

Essay Topic 3

The protagonist is usually the hero in a story and the antagonist is usually a villain. Is there more than one protagonist or antagonist in the story? Who are the protagonist(s) and antagonist(s) and why do they play that role in the book?

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