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

2. In Chapter 11, what does Dawes give Alex to reverse what the gluma did to her?

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

4. What had Darlington told Alex in the past was a danger of forming eye contact with a Gray?

5. In Chapter 9, what does Dawes say attacked Alex?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 2, what does Darlington tell Alex about what attracts and repels Grays?

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

5. In Chapter 6, what does Alex do that finally seems to stem the rush of Grays?

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

7. What is the first thing that goes wrong for Alex and Darlington during the Aurelian ceremony?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay analyzing Bardugo's choice to write chapters that alternate between Alex's and Darlington's points of view up until the point at which Darlington disappears. What do you think Bardugo accomplishes by switching viewpoints, and what effect does this tactic have on the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Drugs and alcohol play various different roles for Alex at different points in her life. At first, she finds they help her avoid her problems with seeing ghosts, or "Grays." Later, she becomes involved in dealing drugs with her boyfriend, and still later, as Dante, drugs and hallucinogenics take on other meanings for her. Write an essay exploring the different meanings drug take on for Alex throughout the novel, and explore her changing relationship with them.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the characteristics characters like Tripp Helmut, Salome Nils, and Colin Khatri embody that Alex successfully exploits in order to do her job for Lethe House, citing specific references to the text to support your arguments.

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