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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Aloysius Starkweather tells his granddaughter before the ceremony in the Prologue, “Your first Marks mean you are Nephilim, like me, like your mother and father. They mean you are part of” what?
(a) “The Automatons.”
(b) “The Clave.”
(c) “The Downworlders.”
(d) “The New World Order.”

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”?
(a) Benedict Lightwood.
(b) Victor Whitelaw.
(c) Woosley Scott.
(d) Granville Fairchild.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago did Cecily come to the London Institute, according to the narrator in Chapter 7: “Dare to Wish”?

2. To what “notorious music hall and gentlemen’s club in Piccadilly Circus” does the Consul take Gabriel and Gideon in Chapter 6: “Let Darkness”?

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 color hair are Will and his sister said to have in the novel?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What events take place when Jessamine’s carriage arrives at the London Institute in Chapter 9: “Graven in Metal”?

2. What happens to Tessa in the ending of Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?

3. Describe the first letter sent by Gabriel and Gideon Lightwood to Consul Wayland in Chapter 7: “Dare to Wish.” What information is revealed in the letter?

4. What is revealed of Mrs. Black’s appearance in Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?

5. Who are the Silent Brothers and what is their role within Shadowhunter society?

6. What is the first setting described in the Prologue to Clockwork Princess? How is the setting described?

7. What character is introduced to Will Herondale in the novel’s Prologue? How does this meeting go?

8. What confrontation takes place between Jem and Will in Chapter 11: “Fearful of the Night” What revelation is revealed?

9. How is the character of Jem Carstairs described in the novel’s Prologue?

10. What is “yin fen,” and why does Jem Carstairs use this medicine in Clockwork Princess?

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