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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. Where does Clary awaken?

2. About what does Jace tell Clary?

3. Why does Jace dismiss what Clary is looking at in the apartment?

4. Who is playing the piano?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the demon and how is Clary stung by the demon?

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

3. What happens when Simon gets to the room with the bouncer?

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

5. Why is Simon at Luke's house and what has he seen?

6. What does Dorothea discover in Jace and Clary's tea leaves?

7. What does Clary do when she sees the situation with the girl and the three boys?

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

9. What happens when Clary gets home from the club and how does she respond?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Whenever reading a science fiction or fantasy novel, one must become familiar with new terminology that explains concepts or technology that is not a part of the "real" world. In the case of "City of Bones", there is a great deal of new magical terms and familiar words with new meanings. Discuss the following:

1. Find five terms that are a part of the world of "City of Bones" that are a part of the language but mean something different. Define the words as used in "City of Bones" and compare those five words as to how they are currently used in the American English language.

2. How does the language of "City of Bones" from that of real world New York? Are there words you did not know in the book? What? How do you learn their meanings? What does it mean to grasp a the meaning of a word through its context? Can you do that in "City of Bones"? Give an example of several words whose definition are made clear through the context of how the word is used.

3. There are ways of learning about a new world or time when reading a science fiction or fantasy novel. Discuss the ways you were able to understand the world of "City of Bones" through its vocabulary. Did you have to look up any words?

4. Were there any words you never really understood from "City of Bones"? Which ones? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

1. Compare/contrast the characters of Clary and Isabelle. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples.

2. Compare/contrast the characters of Jace and Simon. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

3. Thoroughly analyze how three of the secondary characters in "City of Bones" help drive the plot and what their contribution is to the storyline. Are any of the secondary characters unnecessary? Indispensable? Which of the secondary characters are likable? Which are either unlikable or even despicable? Be specific and give examples.

Essay Topic 3

This is the story of Clary, a mundane human girl who soon discovers that she is not who she thought she was. She is the daughter of two shadowhunters, one exiled by choice, and the other for crimes against the Clave. Her adventures take her from being a normal teenage girl to a demon-slaying heroine without ever having to leave New York City. She meets Jace, a boy that appears to be a brother she never knew she had, and she rescues her mother who is still in a coma at the end of the book. Jace, who has never met Clary's mother, who is supposed to be his mother also, does not react in a positive manner to finding out his past. Jace wants nothing to do with Jocelyn. He knows that she is his mother, but he has never met her and does not want to go to the hospital with Clary.

1. Discuss, in depth, the changes that have occurred in Clary's life since meeting Jace. Use examples from "City of Bones" and your own life to support your answer.

2. Discuss how Clary feels about finding out her whole life with her mother was a lie. How do you think finding out so many secrets about her life affects her? Use examples from "City of Bones" to support your answer.

3. Why do you think Jace reacts the way he does towards Jocelyn? What do you think he needs to do to accept all the new information about himself he has been told? Use examples from "City of Bones" and your own life to support your answer.

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