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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What rite will Alex and the others attempt to try to bring Darlington back?
(a) The new-moon rite.
(b) The reversion rite.
(c) The appearance rite.
(d) The conversion rite.

2. Which house performs the first rite that Darlington takes Alex to in Chapter 6?
(a) Skull and Bones.
(b) Aurelian.
(c) Scroll and Key.
(d) Wolfhead.

3. In Chapter 6, why are the Grays able to get into the circle of protection?
(a) The building has a hole in the wall they can get through.
(b) The Grays are particularly powerful.
(c) Alex accidentally smudged part of the circle.
(d) The spell the Aurelians cast did not work.

4. In Chapter 9, who does Alex see staring at her as the spirit from the convenience store attacks her?
(a) Charlie Farrow.
(b) Francis Barker.
(c) Jonas Reed.
(d) Mark Keller.

5. What is Dawes's code name within Lethe House?
(a) Optimus.
(b) Hal.
(c) Roman.
(d) Oculus.

6. In Chapter 6, what does Alex sing to try to get rid of the Grays during the Aurelian ceremony?
(a) A song in Spanish her grandmother taught her.
(b) An old Italian funeral song.
(c) An old Arabic funeral song.
(d) A dirge from an Irish songbook.

7. In Chapter 7, what does Alex tell her mother about what happened at the butterfly sanctuary?
(a) She tells her mother the truth.
(b) She tells her mother she thinks she is going crazy.
(c) She says nothing to her mother about what really happened.
(d) She tells her mother someone robbed her.

8. What is Alex's real first name?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) Alexandra.
(c) Galaxy.
(d) Alexis.

9. Where does Alex tell everyone Darlington is when they ask in Chapter 1?
(a) He is abroad in Spain for a few weeks.
(b) He is sick with the flu.
(c) He is visiting sick relatives.
(d) He is doing an internship in New York City.

10. Which professor of Alex's asks to see her in her office in Chapter 5?
(a) Allison Roman.
(b) Leigh Bowman.
(c) Helga Hufflepuff.
(d) Marguerite Belbalm.

11. What does Alex tell Darlington about the Grays at the Aurelian ceremony in Chapter 6 that shocks Darlington?
(a) One of them asked her for a favor.
(b) One of the Grays was not fully dead.
(c) Several of them touched her.
(d) One of the Grays said he had information on a murder she is trying to solve.

12. In Chapter 4, who was known as the Poet of Lethe?
(a) Alfred Tennyson.
(b) Hiram Bingham.
(c) George Orwell.
(d) Cabot Collins.

13. In Chapter 6, what topic does Darlington turn to to try to hold back the flood of Grays?
(a) The ocean.
(b) Earthquakes.
(c) Church.
(d) Tornadoes.

14. How many Houses of the Veil are there, excluding Lethe House?
(a) 4.
(b) 20.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.

15. In Chapter 4, what does Darlington show Alex that amazes her?
(a) The portal to the borderlands.
(b) The sound system that plays songs that have not yet been written.
(c) The ceiling that becomes transparent.
(d) The ink-soaking moths that remove the tattoos from her body.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Alex smiling at the end of Chapter 9?

2. Who is the student standing guard outside the prognostication in Chapter 1?

3. Whose car do Dawes and Alex use when they decide to go on their errand in Chapter 7?

4. What is Darlington's code name within Lethe House?

5. Who was Alex's friend in seventh grade that she sat with on the bus for the field trip to the butterfly sanctuary?

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