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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 structure does Jace see from the ship as he and Luke search for Clary in Chapter 18?

2. Where does the Inquisitor say Valentine is in Chapter 14?

3. The Inquisitor asks Jace in Chapter 18 whether he truly believed growing up that he was whose son?

4. Who greets Clary when she arrives at Simon's house in the Epilogue?

5. What is Magnus's last name?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Inquisitor save Jace's life in Chapter 18?

2. How does Clary manage to destroy Valentine's ship in Chapter 19?

3. What does Simon discover when he awakens in Chapter 16? Where is Simon?

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

5. How is the effectiveness of Clary's rune proven in Chapter 14?

6. What does Clary surmise about her abilities in Chapter 14?

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

8. What happens when Jace boards the ship in Chapter 19?

9. How does Jace reach Valentine's ship in Chapter 13? What does he encounter when he reaches the ship?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss the settings in City of Ashes. Where do Clary and the other main characters live? How do they travel around their environment? What imagery does the author employ in describing the settings in the novel?

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

Describe a Shadowhunter. How are these individuals recognized? What is the objective of the Clave and Shadowhunter society? How do Shadowhunters relate to the other creatures in the novel?

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