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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the teacher who is kind to Alex in seventh grade when she first gets her period?

2. In Chapter 1, what does Dawes call Alex to report?

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

4. In Chapter 9, what does Dawes say the corpse beetles will do to Alex?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what happens to Alex that leaves her badly injured?

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 8, what does Alex do to Tara's body to try to learn who murdered Tara?

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

5. In Chapter 1, what does Alex know that the subjects of the prognostications all have in common?

6. In Chapter 7, what is the function and purpose of the Albemarle Book?

7. What special gift does Alex have that is the main reason she was picked to work in Lethe House?

8. In Chapter 5, what offer does Professor Belbalm make to Alex that Alex thinks might help her?

9. In Chapter 6, what happens to Darlington when he ingests the orozcerio, and what is the elixir for?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kinds of ideas about society do you think Bardugo is trying to convey by having women's murders as the source of the great nexuses of power that each of the eight Houses of the Veil are built upon? Write an essay explaining your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Why, at the end of the novel, is it so important to Alex to try to bring Darlington back from the extremely dangerous situation she and Dawes believe he is in? What kinds of character traits of Alex's do you think Bardugo is trying to reinforce for the reader with her determination to save Darlington? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to support them.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the different meanings of water throughout the novel, and explain the powers and significance water holds at different points in the story.

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