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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) A dirge from an Irish songbook.
(c) An old Italian funeral song.
(d) An old Arabic funeral song.

2. Where was the body of the murder victim found in Chapter 3?
(a) The cafeteria.
(b) The Beinecke Library.
(c) The Payne Whitney Gymnasium.
(d) Vanderbilt Hall.

3. In Chapter 9, what does Dawes say the corpse beetles will do to Alex?
(a) Make her heart stop.
(b) Eat her from the inside out.
(c) Make her tell lies.
(d) Drive her crazy.

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

5. Which of the houses conducts prognostications?
(a) Skull and Bones.
(b) Lethe House.
(c) Aurelian.
(d) Manuscript.

6. In Chapter 10, who does Alex dress up as for Halloween?
(a) Professor Belbalm.
(b) Pamela Dawes.
(c) Queen Mab.
(d) The New Haven Mayor.

7. What color does the drug Merity turn one's tongue?
(a) Blue.
(b) Black.
(c) Purple.
(d) Green.

8. 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.

9. In Chapter 5, who do the polices suspect killed Tara Hutchins?
(a) Blake Keely.
(b) Her boyfriend, Lance Gressing.
(c) Dean Sandow.
(d) Alex.

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 sprig of thyme.
(d) A special elixir.

11. Who is the teacher who is kind to Alex in seventh grade when she first gets her period?
(a) Ms. Nardone.
(b) Ms. Sandone.
(c) Ms. Rosales.
(d) Ms. Singer.

12. What is the potion that makes it easier to see Grays called?
(a) Fiducio.
(b) The Bloodpotion.
(c) Oronoco.
(d) Orozcerio.

13. Why does Alex's professor tell her she cares about her in Chapter 5?
(a) Alex is a talented artist and she likes Alex's work.
(b) Alex appreciates fine food and wine, and so does the professor.
(c) Alex is clearly struggling and she struggled once herself.
(d) Alex is hungry and she respects hunger.

14. What does Darlington tell Alex about why Grays generally avoid cemeteries?
(a) They do not like the grass there.
(b) They do not like priests.
(c) They do not like to be reminded of death or dying.
(d) They do not like to see the flowers there.

15. Why is Alex smiling at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) Because she can see Hellie again soon.
(b) Because she knows Darlington will save her.
(c) Because she can quit Lethe House now.
(d) Because now that someone has tried to kill her, she can try to kill them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the spirit in Chapter 9 do to Alex?

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

3. What language is much of the prognostication conducted in?

4. What is the drug Merity known as?

5. In Chapter 8, who does Tara Hutchins remind Alex of?

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