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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. From what Shakespearean play is the title of Chapter 15: “Stars, Hide Your Fires” derived?
(a) Troilus and Cressida.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) King Lear.
(d) Macbeth.

2. The name of Charlotte’s unborn child has been determined as what in Chapter 24: “The Measure of Love”?
(a) Will.
(b) James.
(c) Charles.
(d) Johnathan.

3. When Jem reappears in the novel as a Silent Brother, he tells Will that his staff was made by whom, in Chapter 21: “Burning Gold”?
(a) Mortmain.
(b) The Iron Sisters.
(c) The White Sisters.
(d) The Dark Sisters.

4. Jem is said to be a few weeks short of his birthday turning what age in Chapter 13: “The Mind Has Mountains”?
(a) 21.
(b) 18.
(c) 19.
(d) 17.

5. To whom does Will write a letter to after he finishes dinner at the inn in Chapter 14: “Parabatai”?
(a) Aloysius Starkweather.
(b) Charlotte Branwell.
(c) Victor Whitelaw.
(d) Jem Carstairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jem tells Will in Chapter 22: “Thunder in the Trumpet” that his name is no longer James Carstairs but what now?

2. The title of Chapter 13: “The Mind Has Mountains” is an allusion to what poem that is cited in the opening of the chapter by Gerard Manley Hopkins?

3. What does Gabriel give to Charlotte when he admits his betrayal with the Consul in Chapter 17: “Only Noble to be Good”?

4. Whose ghost appears to Will in Chapter 24: “The Measure of Love”?

5. The letter that Charlotte has sitting on her desk from the Council reveals what information in Chapter 22: “Thunder in the Trumpet”?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Will Herondale come to the realization of Jem’s “death” in Chapter 14: “Parabatai”?

2. What causes the automatons to become animated in Chapter 20: "The Infernal Devices"?

3. What discovery is made regarding Brother Zachariah in Chapter 21: "Burning Gold"?

4. What does Charlotte say in her letter after Gabriel’s confession in Chapter 17: "Only Noble To Be Good"?

5. How is Tessa’s clockwork angel described? What are the pendant’s origins?

6. How does Mortmain explain Tessa’s birth, despite the fact that half-demon, half-Shadowhunters are supposedly stillborn?

7. What physical conflict takes place in Chapter 14: “Parabatai”?

8. How does Tessa succeed in destroying Mortmain in Chapter 21: "Burning Gold"?

9. What takes place during the Council Meeting in Chapter 20: "The Infernal Devices"?

10. What is Magnus Bane’s lineage? How old is Magnus Bane?

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