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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What character is referred to as a werewolf in the letter that opens Chapter 5: “A Heart Divided”?
(a) Jem Carstairs.
(b) Woolsey Scott.
(c) Tessa Gray.
(d) Aloysius Starkweather.

2. 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) Ravenscar Manor.
(c) Agar Manor.
(d) Wolfbane Manor.

3. The poem “In Memoriam A.H.H.” which is cited in the opening of Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” was written by whom?
(a) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.

4. What is the term used in the novel to refer to beings that are said to be part human and part demon, or the demonic counterpart of Shadowhunters, who are part human and part Angel?
(a) Mundanes.
(b) Otherworlders.
(c) Downworlders.
(d) Vampires.

5. Where is the location of Cecily and Will Herondale’s parents’ home?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Wales.

6. What musical instrument does Jem play for Tessa in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?
(a) Piano.
(b) Violin.
(c) Harp.
(d) Guitar.

7. Gabriel tells Cecily that Will once injured him how, in Chapter 10: “Like Water upon Sand”?
(a) He stabbed him in the heart.
(b) He almost choked him to death.
(c) He broke his leg.
(d) He broke his arm.

8. The letter to the Consul at the end of Chapter 5: “A Heart Divided” is from what Inquisitor?
(a) Aloysius Starkweather.
(b) Woosley Scott.
(c) Gideon Lightwood.
(d) Victor Whitelaw.

9. Of the horses driving the second carriage that arrives behind Jessamine’s, Tessa notes in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire,” “their bodies gleamed not like the pelts of animals but like” what?
(a) “Water.”
(b) “Plastic.”
(c) “Metal.”
(d) “Silk.”

10. When Will departs the unconscious and dying Jem in Chapter 10: “Like Water upon Sand,” he says “Atque in pepetuum, frater, ave atque vale.” What does this Latin phrase translate to in English?
(a) “Forever and ever, my brother, hail and farewell.”
(b) “Loyalty forever, and nobility for all time.”
(c) “May the wind be always at your back, fair brother.”
(d) “Brothers in arms, brothers in souls.”

11. How long ago did Cecily come to the London Institute, according to the narrator in Chapter 7: “Dare to Wish”?
(a) 2 years ago.
(b) 8 weeks ago.
(c) 7 months ago.
(d) 3 weeks ago.

12. 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 the church.”
(b) “In a lab.”
(c) “In the courtroom.”
(d) “On the stage.”

13. Where does Jessamine say Mortmain is as she dies in Chapter 9: “Graven in Metal”?
(a) Chriswick.
(b) The York Institute.
(c) Enkeli.
(d) Idris.

14. Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire” opens with an excerpt from the epic poem “Tamerlane.” Who is the author of this poem?
(a) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(b) Lord Byron.
(c) Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
(d) Edgar Allen Poe.

15. By what name does Tessa call the black-cloaked automaton that corners her during the battle in the beginning of Chapter 9: “Graven in Metal”?
(a) Woolsey Scott.
(b) Yanluo.
(c) Mrs. Black.
(d) Mortmain.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem “Laus Veneris” that opens Chapter 5: “A Heart Divided” was written by whom?

2. Whose carriage is described drawn up by the steps of Lightwood House when Tessa and the others arrive in Chapter 2: “The Conqueror Worm”?

3. The seamstress says in the beginning of Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row” that what month is “a fortuitous time for a marriage”?

4. What horse has Will taken with him from the London Institute in Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?

5. What does Jem do with the medicine and the letter when he argues with Tessa in Chapter 7: “Dare to Wish”?

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