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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. In chapter 24, what does Sydney say she cannot stand to watch even as it is taking place downstairs from her?

2. In chapter 21, what object is Lissa handed and told contains her second monarch test?

3. In chapter 21, why is Sydney forced to ride in the trunk space of her own car?

4. In chapter 23, who wants to call the guardians on Rose and Dimitri?

5. In chapter 33, who does Rose learn was the Moroi Eddie killed during an attack on Lissa?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 31, who do Lissa and Rose initially think Tatiana's killer is? Who helps confirm these suspicions?

2. In chapter 29, what are Rose and Dimitri discussing that leads to Dimitri finally admitting his remaining feelings for Rose?

3. In chapter 19, who do Lissa, Christian, and Adrian interview about Tatiana's murder? What is revealed?

4. In chapter 24, how does Eddie find himself forced to kill a Moroi? How does Eddie do this?

5. In chapter 20, for what reason do Sonya and Robert begin to fight? How do they fight?

6. In chapter 24, what does the letter Ambrose found among Tatiana's private papers imply about a possible motive for murder? Who does the letter point to?

7. In chapter 19, what surprises Lissa when she returns to Court after her first test? Why?

8. In chapter 25, who raids the Mastrano house? For what reason?

9. In chapter 36, what mantra that all guardians-in-training does Rose repeat to Dimitri? What is his response?

10. In chapter 27, why have the guardians had Sydney brought to the Court? What does one of the Alchemists with Sydney appear to recognize during the guardian interview of Sydney?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

1) Rose and Lissa

2) Rose and Dimitri

3) Rose and Adrian

4) Rose and Abe

Essay Topic 2

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

1) Metaphor

2) Symbolism

3) Objects

Essay Topic 3

Who is Rose Hathaway? Why is she in jail at the beginning of the novel? What is she accused of doing? What book does her father give her to read? Why is this an interesting choice of books for a person in Rose's position? What note does Rose have from the murder victim? Why would Rose be chosen as the recipient of such a note? What impact could the information in the note have on Rose and Lissa if it proves to be true? Why does Rose contact the person who wrote the note to verify its veracity? Why does Rose not ask this person the identity of her real killer at the same time?

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