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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 22, what information does Dawes reveal about Dean Sandow's personal life?

2. In Chapter 14, why does Alex feel guilty that she was not with Mercy at the party she said she would go to with Mercy?

3. Where is the only place Merity is supposed to be able to grow?

4. What was the name of the Bridgegroom's fiance?

5. In Chapter 21, what does Alex take to try to ease her pain from the attack at Tara's apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 21, what entices Bertram Boyce North, the Bridegroom, to stay with Alex while she undergoes her reversion?

2. In Chapter 12, what deal does Alex strike with the Bridegroom?

3. In Chapter 14, why does Alex feel guilty when she gets back to her dorm and realizes what has happened to her roommate Mercy?

4. In Chapter 14, why does Alex have to go to Tara's apartment?

5. In Chapter 18, what does Darlington guess about Alex's past that no one else has guessed at yet?

6. In Chapter 20, what had Alex been planning on telling Darlington to explain her part in the murders at Ground Zero?

7. In Chapter 16, how does Alex get her revenge on Blake Keely?

8. In Chapter 13, what does the reader learn about Darlington's family?

9. In Chapter 19, what does Hellie's ghost ask Alex, and why does she ask her to do this?

10. In Chapter 19, why does Alex not want Hellie to go back to Len's apartment when he asks them to be there for the party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring Alex's role in the murders at Ground Zero. Alex thinks of herself as a murderer. Do you agree or disagree, and why? Cite specific references to the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How does Alex's reaction to Mercy's humiliation at Blake Keely's hands set her apart from her roommates and everyone else she knows at Yale? How does her revenge on Blake Keely underscore Alex's past and her background, as well as her "otherness" from other Yale students? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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