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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. In Chapter 5, who do the polices suspect killed Tara Hutchins?

2. What is Alex's code name within Lethe House?

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

4. Where was the body of the murder victim found in Chapter 3?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Pamela Dawes's job at Lethe House?

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

6. In Chapter 8, why does Alex ask Dawes to go with her to the morgue?

7. In Chapter 6, what is the main function Alex and Darlington perform at the Aurelian rite?

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

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

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

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

Write an essay explaining the ways in which Alex feels as if she is caught between two worlds, and between her past and her present, as she adjusts to her freshman year at Yale and to her duties at Lethe House.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the symbolism of food and hunger for Alex throughout the novel. Though Alex eats heartily, she can never seem to gain weight or really feel full or satisfied. Cite specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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