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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Darlington used to call Dawes?
(a) Pammie.
(b) Oco.
(c) Darling.
(d) Polo.

2. What does Darlington tell Alex's roommates is his relationship to Alex?
(a) He is her boyfriend.
(b) He is her brother.
(c) He is her best friend from home.
(d) He is her cousin.

3. Who was Alex's friend in seventh grade that she sat with on the bus for the field trip to the butterfly sanctuary?
(a) Jennifer.
(b) Alicia.
(c) Jessica.
(d) Meagan.

4. What is Darlington's cat's name?
(a) Barkley.
(b) Cosmos.
(c) Charlie.
(d) Nat.

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

6. What happens to Alex in the bathroom at the butterfly sanctuary in seventh grade?
(a) She is robbed by a group of girls from another school.
(b) She passes out from dizziness because she did not eat that day.
(c) She is sexually assaulted by a ghost.
(d) She goes into a trance and speaks with a ghost's voice.

7. In Chapter 8, whose face does Tara see murdering her?
(a) Alex's.
(b) Her boyfriend Lance's.
(c) Blake Keely's.
(d) Darlington's.

8. Who is one of the Grays Alex sees frequently around New Haven, and who everyone thinks is a killer?
(a) The Soldier.
(b) The Anchor.
(c) The Bridegroom.
(d) The Sailor.

9. What is the center of the ceremony for the prognostication rite?
(a) An ancient tree.
(b) A bumblebee.
(c) A frog.
(d) A live human body.

10. In Chapter 8, what does Alex place on Tara's tongue to help her figure out who might have murdered Tara?
(a) A gold coin.
(b) A scarab.
(c) A special elixir.
(d) A sprig of thyme.

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

12. Who is the guest of honor at the Aurelian ceremony in Chapter 6?
(a) Marlee Kelly.
(b) Hannah Rhodes.
(c) Kelly Quinn.
(d) Zeb Yarrowman.

13. Who works in the professor's office in Chapter 5 who greets Alex nicely?
(a) Blake Keely.
(b) Tripp Helmuth.
(c) Colin Khatri.
(d) Darlington.

14. In Chapter 10, who did the land that Black Elm is built on belong to before Darlington's family owned it?
(a) Marcus Hellion.
(b) Ronald Kennedy.
(c) Donald Grant Mitchell.
(d) Hiram Bingham.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which house performs the first rite that Darlington takes Alex to in Chapter 6?

2. Who is the leader of the prognostication ceremony?

3. What is the vessel used to brew the elixir that lets people see Grays?

4. In Chapter 7, where does Alex ask Dawes to go with her?

5. Which roommate of Alex's helps her with her papers sometimes?

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