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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is playing the piano as Clary attempts to go to sleep in the end of Chapter 12?
(a) Simon.
(b) Magnus.
(c) Luke.
(d) Jace.

2. Who is the author of the quote that opens Part Three of the novel?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) Abraham Coles.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Anne Rice.

3. What kind of rune does Jace say Clary put on him in Chapter 18?
(a) A Flight rune.
(b) A Vampire rune.
(c) A Strength rune.
(d) A Fearless rune.

4. Whose dagger does Clary wield when she intervenes between Simon and Maia in Chapter 12?
(a) Valentine's dagger.
(b) Luke's dagger.
(c) Simon's dagger.
(d) Maryse's dagger.

5. Where did Luke and Jocelyn run away to when Jocelyn was pregnant with Clary?
(a) London.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Indianapolis.
(d) Idris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Clary ask Luke to drop her off in the Epilogue?

2. What is the title of Chapter 15?

3. Who is the composer of Gaspard de la Nuit described in Chapter 13?

4. Where does Maia say she's from in Chapter 18?

5. What is the title of Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Simon and Clary discuss when Clary visits him in the Epilogue?

2. What purpose does the Epilogue serve in City of Ashes?

3. Whom does Clary encounter at the hospital in the Epilogue? What does this character reveal?

4. What happens after Magnus arrives at Luke's house in Chapter 12?

5. What exchange takes place between Valentine and the Inquisitor in Chapter 17?

6. Where are Clary, Luke, and Jace going in Chapter 17? Why?

7. When does the Inquisitor arrive on Valentine's ship in Chapter 18? What does she do upon arriving?

8. What type of rune does Clary draw in Chapter 14? Who does she draw the rune on?

9. From what narrative point of view is the story related in City of Ashes?

10. What exchange takes place between Isabelle and Jace in Chapter 16?

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