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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. What is the title of Chapter 7?

2. What mark is said to decorate the "hand of every Shadowhunter" in Chapter 6?

3. What has Luke left for Clary to eat for breakfast in Chapter 8?

4. What is the name of Maia's older brother who had been unbearably cruel to her?

5. Who sends Clary a text message in the beginning of Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What warnings do Clary and her friends receive when they enter Seelie Court?

2. What does Clary dream about in the beginning of Chapter 8?

3. What does Clary relate to her mother in Chapter 11? Who overhears her?

4. How does Clary assist in freeing Jace from prison in Chapter 6?

5. What are Maia's feelings toward Jace? How are Maia's feelings about Jace tied to her past?

6. What happens once the Inquisitor faces Jace in Chapter 7?

7. What happens when Simon "re-awakens" as a vampire in Chapter 10?

8. How did Valentine's "faked death" impact Jace and his perceptions of his family?

9. Who is Jocelyn and what is the status of her condition in City of Ashes?

10. What is "Glamour" in the narrative, and how does it apply at the Institute?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of prejudice in City of Ashes. What are some examples of prejudices between the different factions or species in the narrative? How do these prejudices impact the main characters? How would you relate these prejudices to your own life?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the themes of love and romance in City of Ashes. What characters in the novel are romantically linked? What challenges do these relationships face in the course of the story? How are these themes developed through imagery, symbolism, and setting?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Clary's relationship with Simon in City of Ashes. How does their relationship evolve in the course of the narrative? What causes the changes in their relationship? Do you think that Simon is a likable character? Why or why not?

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