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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 8, who walks in on Alex when she is with Tara's body?
(a) Darlington.
(b) Dawes.
(c) Dean Sandow.
(d) Detective Turner.

2. What is the nickname for the detective bound to work with Lethe House members?
(a) Homer.
(b) Nero.
(c) Ceasar.
(d) Centurion.

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

4. In Chapter 7, where does Alex ask Dawes to go with her?
(a) The courthouse.
(b) The hospital.
(c) The Beinecke Library.
(d) The morgue.

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

6. In Chapter 9, what does Dawes say attacked Alex?
(a) A living person.
(b) A gluma.
(c) A Gray.
(d) A banshee.

7. In Chapter 3, what does Alex say in response to the detective's statement that she seems like a nice girl?
(a) I am a tough girl.
(b) I can be nice when I want to.
(c) Don't mess with me.
(d) No, I don't.

8. In Chapter 7, who abandoned Il Bastone just before Lethe acquired it?
(a) Sandy Baker.
(b) Harlow Quinn.
(c) John Madison.
(d) John Anderson.

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

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

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

12. What reverses the magic Darlington shows Alex in Chapter 4?
(a) Human saliva.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Starpower.
(d) Wine.

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

14. Who does Alex meet through the kind girl at the food court that later changes Alex's life for the worse?
(a) Len.
(b) Hellie.
(c) Mercy.
(d) Patrick.

15. In Chapter 8, what does Alex tell the secretary at the morgue to get her to let her in to see Tara's body?
(a) That she is Tara's relative and that she knows the receptionist's niece.
(b) That she is Tara's family lawyer.
(c) That she is Tara's best friend and she needs to say a special prayer over the body.
(d) That she is Tara's sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the guest of honor at the Aurelian ceremony in Chapter 6?

2. What does Darlington tell Alex's roommates is his relationship to Alex?

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

4. In Chapter 6, why are the Grays able to get into the circle of protection?

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

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