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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. Who is Alberta?

2. In chapter 3, from where is Tatiana's casket to be carried to the church?

3. In chapter 9, in what type of dwellings do many of the Keepers live in?

4. Why is Rose in jail as the first chapter opens?

5. In chapter 11, what does Dimitri tell Rose she should do more?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who decides to provide security for Lissa during the monarch tests? For what reason?

2. What is the reaction of Hans, Alberta, and the other guardians when Lissa admits that Dimitri and Rose have an intimate relationship? Why?

3. In chapter 18, what does Robert Doru do to Sonya Karp in order to encourage her to tell them what they need to do?

4. Where did Rose get a note written by her alleged murder victim, Queen Tatiana? What does it say?

5. In chapter 17, what injury does Rose have that causes her to need time to recover? How did she get it?

6. In chapter 10, what does Victor suggest Rose have Lissa due in order to buy them time to find out who really killed Tatiana? How will this delay Rose's fate?

7. Who is Sonya Karp? How did she become a Strigoi? What does she have to do with Lissa's illegitimate sibling?

8. In chapter 11, what does Rose need Sydney to research for her? Why?

9. In chapter 4, Rose feels guilty when she is forced to attack guardians she knows. Why does Rose attack these guardians and why does she feel guilty?

10. Why does Rose open herself to see ghost in her jail cell? Does she get the response she had hoped for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following themes in an essay using quotes from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) Love

2) Guilt

3) Friendship

4) False Accusations

Essay Topic 2

Who are the Keepers? Why do they live outside of Moroi society? How is their lifestyle different from those of the Moroi at Court? What does Sydney dislike about the Keepers? What does Rose find surprising about the Keepers? Why is this so surprising? Who is Joshua? Why does he make a proposal of marriage to Rose? How does Rose react to this proposal? How does this proposal lead Angeline, Joshua's sister, to attack Rose? How is this a part of the Keeper traditions?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Lissa Dragomir? Why does she play a role in Rose's escape from jail? What role does she play? Why does Lissa tell everyone that she believes Rose to be guilty of murder? Why does Lissa begin investigating the death of Tatiana? Why can Lissa not vote with the Moroi governing council? Why can Lissa not be voted queen? Why does Lissa becomes a nominee for queen despite her inability to be elected? What is the reaction of the people when Lissa begins to run for queen? What does this say about Lissa and the people's desire for a change?

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