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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the horse that Will had grown up riding and had to sell in Staffordshire because he didn’t have money for toll roads, according to the narrator in Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?

2. What musical instrument does Jem play for Tessa in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?

3. What historical figure is said to have set the fashion for marrying in white in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?

4. Where does Jessamine say Mortmain is as she dies in Chapter 9: “Graven in Metal”?

5. How old are Tessa and Jem as they are about to wed in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What literary allusions are prominent in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?

2. Where is Tessa being taken in Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”? Why?

3. How is the character of Victor Whitelaw described in the narrative? What is his position?

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

5. What happens when the Shadowhunter marks are placed on Aloysius Starkweather’s granddaughter in the Prologue?

6. Describe the history of Charlotte Fairchild in The Infernal Devices trilogy. How did Charlotte come to be head of the London Institute?

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

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Cecily Herondale in the novel. What is Cecily’s objective in coming to the London Institute? How would you characterize her relationship with her brother Will? How does this relationship evolve in the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the setting of 1847 York established in the Prologue. Where in York does the first “scene” in the Prologue take place? How is this setting described? What different creatures are illustrated in this setting?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the history of Aloysius Starkweather in The Infernal Devices series. What is Aloysius's history with Granville Fairchild? Who is Aloysius's granddaughter? What truth is later revealed about Aloysius's granddaughter?

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