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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 20, why does Robert try to compel Sonya?

2. In chapter 19, who interrupts Christian and Lissa just as they are enjoying some alone time together?

3. In chapter 19, whose name does Blake continuously get wrong while Lissa and her friends are speaking to him?

4. In chapter 19, who meets Lissa when she returns from the first test and assures she has some security around her?

5. In chapter 21, what does Rose think is causing the Moroi to become weak and docile?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Emily Mastrano related to Sonya Karp? How does she react to Sonya's appearance on her doorstep in chapter 23?

2. In chapter 20, what kind of garden does Sonya Karp have at her home? For what reason does she tell Rose she kept a garden as a Strigoi?

3. In chapter 28, what happens when Rose and Victor fight outside the motel where Victor and Robert were hiding with Jill? Why?

4. In chapter 33, who does Rose accuse as Tatiana's killer? What happens when the guardians attempt to arrest Tatiana's killer?

5. In chapter 35, what does Adrian say Rose has done in her quest to find her own happiness? Is this a fair assessment?

6. In chapter 30, for what reason does Rose ask Adrian to have Mikhail meet she, Dimitri, and Sonya outside of the Court the next day?

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

8. In chapter 26, why does Sonya Karp contact Rose through a dream?

9. In chapter 34, in what way are Rose and Dimitri finally able to fulfill their dreams?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Daniella Ivashkov? Why did she pay a janitor to say her son was at Rose's rooms at a particular time? Is this the truth? What is Daniella trying to hide? Who does it turn out that Daniella has been sharing a bed with? How does this give Daniella motive for murder? What other things does Daniella do that make others think her capable of murder? What was Daniella's attitude toward Rose prior to Tatiana's murder? What motive would Daniella have for setting Rose up for murder?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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