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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 does Clary tell Simon?

2. What does Dorothea say about Jace when she reads his tea leaves?

3. What was Valentine's aim?

4. What happens when the blue-haired boy notices the same thing that Clary notices?

5. What does Jace say is a great honor for Simon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Clary's neighbor say about noises?

2. What does Clary find when she goes inside her apartment?

3. How does Clary get out of the apartment and who are the police who arrive?

4. What does Hodge tell Clary about the peace accord sixteen years ago?

5. What does the bouncer ask the blue-haired boy and what does the bouncer decide?

6. Where and when does Clary waken and who is with her?

7. Who does Clary notice following the girl and the blue-haired boy and what is disturbing about one of the boys?

8. Why does Clary run home frantically?

9. Who do both Clary and the blue-haired boy notice and where does the person go?

10. What do the three young people find in Luke's apartment and what does that tell them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an important part of what makes the story interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Clary. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Jace. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Simon. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

"City of Bones" is one book in a series of novels involving Clary, Jace, Simon and their families and friends. Discuss the following.

1. What are some advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Use examples.

2. What are some disadvantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Use examples.

3. Do you prefer to read a standalone book, or a series of books with the same main characters? Explain your response.

4. Do you think it is easier, more difficult, or about the same to write a standalone book versus one in a series? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the following:

1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?

2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?

3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?

5. Do you think this is a character-driven plot or an action-driven plot? Explain.

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