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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 does Karou smell in Chapter 17 all around her?

2. Who is Karou's ex-boyfriend?

3. What did Kaz tell all his friends in the past that humiliated Karou?

4. Who is the model for Karou's art class in Chapter 2?

5. Who is the star of Karou's sketchbooks?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brimstone do when he finds Karou among the chimaera bodies in Chapter 19?

2. In Chapter 2, how does Kaz try to rattle Karou in front of everyone?

3. What are Karou's memories of Izil?

4. What is torturing Izil?

5. How does Karou get rid of her "K" tattoo that she had originally gotten for Kaz?

6. How does Karou get the ability to fly?

7. What does Karou find when she finally ventures into the secret passage Brimstone has always forbidden her to enter?

8. How does Kaz treat Karou in general?

9. Who tries to startle Karou in Chapter 1, and how does she react?

10. What does Brimstone tell Karou she will do one day that she denies will ever happen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do the chimaeran revenants represent in this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Taylor treat the theme of star-crossed or ill-fated lovers in this novel, and how does her treatment of this theme affect the reader's experience of the story? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What does Akiva teach Karou about the nature of magic, wishing, and their price? What does Karou begin to realize as she gets to know Akiva better about Brimstone's reasons for keeping her so in the dark about the world of chimaera and angels? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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