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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 19, who appears in Alex's life before she comes to Yale that changes everything for the worse?

2. What drug does Alex know Mercy must have been given at the party in Chapter 14?

3. In Chapter 25, what does Dawes cook and bring to Black Elm to try to entice Darlington back there?

4. In Chapter 22, what information does Dawes reveal about Dean Sandow's personal life?

5. In Chapter 19, what is the name of the place Alex lives with Len and Hellie?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 13, when does Dean Elliot Sandow approach Danny about joining Lethe House?

2. In Chapter 17, what does Alex use to get past the policeman at Tara's door?

3. What was Alex's fantasy plan for herself and Hellie?

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

5. What powerful substance does Mike Awolowo give Alex in Chapter 15 to use on Blake Keely, and how does it work?

6. In Chapter 13, why does Danny's grandfather tell him to let him die?

7. In Chapter 12, what do Alex's tactics with Salome when Salome reneges on her promise reveal about Alex's personality?

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

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

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

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

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 3

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.

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