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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 broke his leg.
(b) He almost choked him to death.
(c) He stabbed him in the heart.
(d) He broke his arm.

2. In the letter that opens Chapter 5: “A Heart Divided,” it is said that Charlotte Branwell has given orders to have what spy recalled to the Institute upon her release from the Silent City?
(a) Tessa Gray.
(b) Jessamine Lovelace.
(c) Tatiana Blackthorn.
(d) Adele Starkweather.

3. The letter from the Consul that opens Chapter 6: “Let Darkness” says that the writer feels like what mythological prophetess?
(a) Hecuba.
(b) Cassandra.
(c) Athena.
(d) Daphne.

4. 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) “Silk.”
(b) “Water.”
(c) “Plastic.”
(d) “Metal.”

5. 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) Parabatai.
(b) Mundanes.
(c) Automatons.
(d) Eremiel.

6. The seamstress says in the beginning of Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row” that what month is “a fortuitous time for a marriage”?
(a) September.
(b) December.
(c) August.
(d) June.

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

8. What is the Welsh name for the “Hounds of the Underworld” described in Chapter 10: “Like Water upon Sand”?
(a) Iratze Enkeli.
(b) Cwn Annwn.
(c) Eremiel llyn.
(d) Malik Anrym.

9. What is the name of the demon that murdered Jem’s parents?
(a) Jeremiah.
(b) Mortmain.
(c) Yanluo.
(d) Iknibar.

10. How old are Tessa and Jem as they are about to wed in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?
(a) 18 and 19.
(b) 15 and 16.
(c) 17 and 18.
(d) 16 and 17.

11. 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) Yanluo.
(b) Woolsey Scott.
(c) Mrs. Black.
(d) Mortmain.

12. When Jem returns, bloody and injured after chasing the carriage with Tessa, he tells the other Shadowhunters that he lost them near where in Chapter 9: “Graven in Metal”?
(a) Temple Bar.
(b) The Ganges.
(c) Chriswick.
(d) The Thames.

13. 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”?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The training room.
(c) The underground lab.
(d) The music room.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire” opens with an excerpt from the epic poem “Tamerlane.” Who is the author of this poem?

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

3. What was the name of Gideon and Gabriel’s mother in the novel?

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

5. 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”?

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