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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the detective Alex has to find at the crime scene in Chapter 3?
(a) Abel Turner.
(b) Mark Nardone.
(c) James Romer.
(d) Rod Wilken.

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

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

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

5. What language is much of the prognostication conducted in?
(a) Dutch.
(b) Sumerian.
(c) Greek.
(d) Arabic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the leader of the prognostication ceremony?

2. Who was the Oculus that the bookcase at Il Bastone collapsed upon?

3. What is the drug Merity known as?

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

5. In Chapter 8, who walks in on Alex when she is with Tara's body?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 10, what is Darlington's first inkling that some people can see things that he, and most others, can not?

2. In Chapter 5, why is Alex so vigilant about showering after her activities that put her in contact with the Veil?

3. In Chapter 1, what is the purpose of the prognostication ritual Alex must attend?

4. Why does Darlington tell Alex not to make eye contact with a Gray or to look to long at a Gray?

5. In Chapter 6, what does Alex tell Darlington about her feelings about how Yale and the societies have treated her?

6. In Chapter 7, what happens to Alex at the butterfly reserve in seventh grade?

7. What story do Darlington and Alex spin for Alex's roommates to explain the large amount of time they spend together?

8. In Chapter 3, what is Alex's relationship with Centurion, Detective Abel Turner, like?

9. In Chapter 4, what does Darlington show Alex that astounds her and changes her body?

10. In Chapter 7, how does Mira, Alex's mother, handle Alex's problems?

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