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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of “The Old Astronomer,” which is cited in the opening of Chapter 11: “Fearful of the Night”?
(a) Edgar Allen Poe.
(b) John Milton.
(c) Algernon Charles Swinburne.
(d) Sarah Williams.

2. What is the name of the horse that Will had grown up riding and had to sell in Staffordshire because he didn’t have money for toll roads, according to the narrator in Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?
(a) Hengroen.
(b) Xanthios.
(c) Arthenon.
(d) Balios.

3. How old is Will Herondale in 1873 in the novel’s Prologue?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

4. What estate does Cecily say Mortmain gave to her father when they lost their home near Dolgellau in Chapter 10: “Like Water upon Sand”?
(a) Arelium Manor.
(b) Wolfbane Manor.
(c) Ravenscar Manor.
(d) Agar Manor.

5. Will tells Cecily in Chapter 11: “Fearful of the Night,” “If I had not been a Shadowhunter, I would have had a future” where?
(a) “In a lab.”
(b) “In the church.”
(c) “On the stage.”
(d) “In the courtroom.”

Short Answer Questions

1. The title of Chapter 2: “The Conqueror Worm” is a literary allusion to a poem by what author?

2. What word from Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” refers to a dish consisting of cooked, flaked fish, boiled rice, parsley, hard-boiled eggs, curry powder, and butter or cream?

3. What musical instrument does Jem play for Tessa in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?

4. Who does the Consul say in Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” “was one of the strictest men I’ve known, and though he ran the Institute according to the Law, it was a cold, unwelcoming place”?

5. Aloysius Starkweather tells Charlotte in Chapter 15: “Stars, Hide Your Fires,” “In her infancy my granddaughter was replaced with a kidnapped human child, a sickly creature who died when the Marks were applied, because she was not” what?

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