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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. Cecily states in her letter to her parents in Chapter 17: “Only Noble to be Good,” “Glory. Such an odd word, something women are not supposed to want, but is not our queen triumphant? Was not Queen Bess called” what?
(a) “Gloriana.”
(b) “The White Queen.”
(c) “Desperado.”
(d) “The Virgin Queen.”

2. Who is sitting with Tessa when Will enters her chamber in Chapter 22: “Thunder in the Trumpet”?
(a) Woosley Scott.
(b) Cyril Tanner.
(c) Sophie Collins.
(d) Bridget Daley.

3. What saves Tessa in her fall in the beginning of Chapter 13: “The Mind Has Mountains”?
(a) Her clockwork angel.
(b) A vampire bat.
(c) A golden eagle.
(d) A rope lowered from a helicopter.

4. Which of his siblings does Gabriel refer to as “a useless fool” when he speaks with Charlotte in the beginning of Chapter 17: “Only Noble to be Good”?
(a) Gideon Lightwood.
(b) Cyril Tanner.
(c) Benedict Lightwood.
(d) Tatiana Blackthorn.

5. The angel that appears when Tessa throws down her clockwork angel tells her that his name was what before he was imprisoned in the object, in Chapter 18: “For This Alone”?
(a) Nakir.
(b) Eremiel.
(c) Ithuriel.
(d) Armaros.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Will write a letter to after he finishes dinner at the inn in Chapter 14: “Parabatai”?

2. What creatures attack Will when he is slumped outside of the stable at the inn in Chapter 14: “Parabatai”?

3. Aloysius Starkweather tells Charlotte in Chapter 15: “Stars, Hide Your Fires,” “In her infancy my granddaughter was replaced with a kidnapped human child, a sickly creature who died when the Marks were applied, because she was not” what?

4. When Gabriel joins Cecily in the training room after the arrival of the Silent Brothers in Chapter 13: “The Mind Has Mountains,” he suggests they play what card game?

5. The name of Charlotte’s unborn child has been determined as what in Chapter 24: “The Measure of Love”?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gideon Lightwood suggest that Sophie Collins undergo Ascension in the narrative?

2. Tessa learns from Mortmain in his chambers his reasons for kidnapping her in Chapter 14: “Parabatai.” What are the reasons?

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

4. Describe the character of Woolsey Scott. What is Woolsey’s history in The Infernal Devices series?

5. What does Mortmain tell Tessa he plans to do with her in Chapter 14: “Parabatai”?

6. Where do Tessa, Will, and Magnus encounter the battle in Chapter 21: "Burning Gold"?

7. How is Tessa’s life after Will’s death described in Chapter 24: "The Measure of Love"?

8. What events led Mortmain to kidnap Aloysius Starkweather’s granddaughter?

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

10. What event changes the course of the battle between the automatons and the Shadowhunters in Chapter 21: "Burning Gold"?

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