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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. How does Darlington pay the bills at Black Elm once his grandfather passes away?

2. How does Alex find out where Tara Hutchins lived?

3. Why does Dawes object to Alex getting closer to the Bridgegroom?

4. Where does Hellie guide Alex's body after the murders at Ground Zero?

5. What does Dawes have to do to Alex to help her reach the borderlands?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Alex and Hellie get rid of the physical evidence of the murders at Ground Zero?

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

3. In Chapter 19, how does Len react when he discovers Hellie is dead?

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

5. In Chapter 19, what was Alex's impression of Ariel and how did it differ from what Len thought of Ariel?

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

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

8. In Chapter 14, where does Alex realize she has seen the words in Tara's tattoo, "Rather die than doubt?"

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

10. In Chapter 12, what does Dawes have to do with Alex to help get Alex to the borderlands?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When and why does Alex finally decide that she does not, and may not ever, feel truly safe at Yale University and in Lethe House? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the ways in which Alex uses other people's perceptions of her at Yale to manipulate them into doing what she wants or needs. Cite specific references to the text to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring what Darlington's biases towards Alex early in the novel reveal about the fault lines based on class and wealth that are prevalent at Yale University,

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