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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 attends the rite to try to bring Darlington back at Black Elm in Chapter 25?
2. How many of the Ancient Eight Houses of the Veil does Alex think have a connection to Tara Hutchins?
3. 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?
4. What does the Bridegroom tell Alex about what happened the day he died?
5. In Chapter 18, where do Alex and Darlington go on the night he disappears?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 20, what had Alex been planning on telling Darlington to explain her part in the murders at Ground Zero?
2. In Chapter 20, what keeps Alex from being completely overwhelmed by the man in Tara's apartment?
3. How do Alex and Hellie get rid of the physical evidence of the murders at Ground Zero?
4. In Chapter 13, why does Danny's grandfather tell him to let him die?
5. In Chapter 21, what entices Bertram Boyce North, the Bridegroom, to stay with Alex while she undergoes her reversion?
6. In Chapter 14, where does Alex realize she has seen the words in Tara's tattoo, "Rather die than doubt?"
7. In Chapter 16, how does Alex get her revenge on Blake Keely?
8. In Chapter 12, what does Dawes have to do with Alex to help get Alex to the borderlands?
9. In Chapter 19, what was Alex's impression of Ariel and how did it differ from what Len thought of Ariel?
10. In Chapter 19, what does Hellie's ghost ask Alex, and why does she ask her to do this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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,
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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