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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Mortmain.
(c) Yanluo.
(d) Mrs. Black.

3. What word used in the novel refers to a pair of Nephilim warriors who fight together and are closer than siblings, regardless of their gender?
(a) Mundanes.
(b) Eremiel.
(c) Automatons.
(d) Parabatai.

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) Vampires.
(c) Otherworlders.
(d) Downworlders.

5. What is the name of Will’s sword that he uses in Chapter 2: “The Conqueror Worm”?
(a) Eremiel.
(b) Malik.
(c) Parabatai.
(d) Cadair Idris.

6. Who does Jem say is downstairs “making the most dreadful row” in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?
(a) Will Herondale.
(b) Gabriel Lightwood.
(c) Gideon Lightwood.
(d) Boadicea.

7. In the opening of Chapter 2: “The Conqueror Worm,” the Institute’s carriage rolls through the gates of Lightwood House in what setting?
(a) Cadair Idris.
(b) Dublin.
(c) Chiswick.
(d) York.

8. Whom has Will summoned to the Institute to talk to about Jem’s condition and his futility to save him in Chapter 10: “Like Water upon Sand”?
(a) Magnus Bane.
(b) Josiah Wayland.
(c) Mortmain.
(d) Henry Branwell.

9. What was the name of Gideon and Gabriel’s mother in the novel?
(a) Muriel Lightwood.
(b) Mary Lightwood.
(c) Elizabeth Lightwood.
(d) Barbara Lightwood.

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

11. 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) “Loyalty forever, and nobility for all time.”
(b) “Forever and ever, my brother, hail and farewell.”
(c) “May the wind be always at your back, fair brother.”
(d) “Brothers in arms, brothers in souls.”

12. What is the name of Gabriel and Gideon Lightwood’s father in the novel?
(a) Benedict Lightwood.
(b) James Lightwood.
(c) Abraham Lightwood.
(d) Abel Lightwood.

13. Who is the author of “Elegy to the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady,” which is excerpted in the opening of Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?
(a) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(b) Sarah Williams.
(c) Alexander Pope.
(d) John Milton.

14. What revelation does Will confess to Jem in Chapter 11: “Fearful of the Night”?
(a) That he is responsible for Mortmain’s existence.
(b) That he is planning on marrying Tessa.
(c) That he is in love with Tessa.
(d) That he killed Jem's father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The letter from the Consul that opens Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” says that the writer feels like what mythological prophetess?

2. The note that is sent to Tessa’s room says for Tessa to meet the author in what room of the Institute in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?

3. Where is the location of Cecily and Will Herondale’s parents’ home?

4. The folk rhyme that opens Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row” begins with the line “Marry on Monday for” what?

5. Charlotte tells Will and Jem in Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” that Jessamine is returning “and if none of you can bear to have her here, I will arrange for her transport to” where?

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