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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 Jace use Raphael to do?
2. Who follows Hodge into an alley?
3. Who stays loyal to Valentine even after his defeat
4. Who attacks Clary?
5. What does Clary put in the picture she paints?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Jace throw a knife at Raphael, and what do Jace and Clary notice in the stairwell?
2. What happens to Clary when she goes before the Silent Council?
3. What do Jace and Clary find initially when they arrive at Hotel Dumont and look for an entrance into the building?
4. What does Clary discover about some runes?
5. What does Hodge say about Valentine's personality and plan?
6. What does Dorothea say about Valentine and what does she reveal behind the portal curtain?
7. What story does Raphael tell Jace and Clary about some boys, one of whom was his brother?
8. What happens to Raphael when they are searching the inside of the Hotel and where do they find him?
9. What happens when Clary and Jace return to the Institute?
10. What does Hodge explain about the Circle?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and sometimes it is the other way around. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:
1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?
2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?
3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?
4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.
5. What type of plot do you think "City of Bones" is? Explain your response.
Essay Topic 3
Jace is in some ways a larger-than-life hero. Despite incredible odds, he usually comes out on top, in "City of Bones" and in the others in the series. Discuss the following:
1. Does having a larger-than-life hero make that person less of a hero? In other words, which is more admirable--a hero who ultimately always "lands on his feet," or one who strives against impossible odds and doesn't succeed?
2. Does a character have to be successful in order to be a hero? Explain your answer.
3. Choose one other character besides Harry who you might call a hero/heroine and explain why you choose that person.
4. Does every work of fiction have to have a hero? Explain your answer.
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