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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the seamstress working on Tessa’s wedding dress in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?
(a) Tatiana Blackthorn.
(b) Adele Starkweather.
(c) Boadicea.
(d) Charlotte Branwell.

2. What horse has Will taken with him from the London Institute in Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?
(a) Balios.
(b) Arthenon.
(c) Xanthios.
(d) Lucinda.

3. What color hair are Will and his sister said to have in the novel?
(a) Auburn.
(b) Black.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Silver.

4. 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) John Milton.
(c) Alexander Pope.
(d) Sarah Williams.

5. What village does Will hope to reach by nightfall in Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?
(a) Bedfordshire.
(b) Chiswick.
(c) Hockliffe.
(d) Cwn Annwn.

6. The folk rhyme that opens Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row” begins with the line “Marry on Monday for” what?
(a) “Health.”
(b) “Loss.”
(c) “Love.”
(d) “Children.”

7. What color is Tessa Gray’s wedding dress said to be in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Gold.
(d) Green.

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) Mortmain.
(c) Henry Branwell.
(d) Josiah Wayland.

9. What is the name of the medicine that Jem is in need of in Chapter 3: “To the Last Hour”?
(a) Yin fen.
(b) Enkeli.
(c) Iratze.
(d) Opium.

10. Charlotte tells the Consul in Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” that “Benedict Lightwood had been discovered to be in the last stages of” what?
(a) “AIDS.”
(b) “Dementia.”
(c) “Astriola.”
(d) “Cancer.”

11. What book is Tessa said to be halfway through reading “and finding it an excellent distraction” in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?
(a) A Tale of Two Cities.
(b) A Midwinter's Tale.
(c) A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
(d) The Castle of Otranto.

12. What gemstone is described in the necklace that Will has given Cecily before departing the London Institute in Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?
(a) Emerald.
(b) Sapphire.
(c) Garnet.
(d) Ruby.

13. How many miles north of London is Will said to be in the opening of Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?
(a) 30.
(b) 50.
(c) 10.
(d) 200.

14. The letter to the Consul from Gabriel and Gideon which opens Chapter 7: “Dare to Wish” relates that the amount of money Charlotte Branwell spends on what items “rivals the annual income of a large estate or small country”?
(a) Hats.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Gloves.
(d) Coats.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What revelation does Will confess to Jem in Chapter 11: “Fearful of the Night”?

2. What is the name of Aloysius Starkweather’s granddaughter whom he is comforting in the novel’s Prologue?

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?

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”?

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

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