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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. How do Jace and Clary get to the Silent City?

3. Who follows Hodge into an alley?

4. Who are buried in the Silent City?

5. Why does Jace take Clary to a Cahtedral?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Clary and Jace get to the Silent City and what is the Silent City?

2. Why does Jace throw a knife at Raphael, and what do Jace and Clary notice in the stairwell?

3. What does Clary discover about some runes?

4. Where is Clary when she wakes from losing consciousness and what does Luke tell her?

5. What does Dorothea say about Valentine and what does she reveal behind the portal curtain?

6. Why are Hodge and the Lightwoods punished and what are their punishments?

7. What does Brother Jeremiah learn when he examines Clary and what does he suggest?

8. What happens when Jace lets go of Raphael and who comes to Jace and Clary's rescue?

9. How does Clary demonstrate her discovery and what does she deduce about the Mortal Cup from her discovery?

10. What scene demonstrates Isabelle's dubious cooking abilities?

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

There are a number of interesting questions raised by "City of Bones". Questions that Clare most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Clare's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Clare's probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

4. Research the life of Clare and see if/where her life may have influenced her writing.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "City of Bones".

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of this story. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of "City of Bones". How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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