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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Collector's Club have similar buildings like the one in New York City?
(a) London and Moscow.
(b) Rome and Mumbai.
(c) Cairo and Tokyo.
(d) Paris and Helsinki.

2. Where does Zachary hide when he watches Rhyme after being in the wine cellar with Mirabel?
(a) Behind a bookcase.
(b) Behind a pillar.
(c) Statue of a satyr and a nymph.
(d) Under a bench.

3. What does the Kitchen send up for Eleanor and the baby?
(a) Crackers and a teething ring.
(b) Cupcakes and milk.
(c) Ear plugs and milk.
(d) Milk and a blanket.

4. In Book 3, The Ballad of Simon and Eleanor: the naming of things, part 1, what does the little girl say she was doing?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Walking.
(c) Exploring.
(d) Searching.

5. What members of a doll family live in the dollhouse in "Sweet Sorrows: Invented life"?
(a) Father, mother, son, daughter, and a dog.
(b) Father, mother, two sons, daughter, and a cat.
(c) Father mother, two daughters, son, and two dogs?
(d) Father mother, three daughters, and a hamster.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Simon roll on the dice in the Harbor?

2. When does "Another place, another time: Interlude 3," take place?

3. When is a photograph from the Alongquin Hotel Annual Literary Masquerade taken of a woman wearing a necklace that has a bee, a sword, and a key?

4. What type of outer wear does the woman wear who comes to the key collector looking for a key?

5. What does Zachary put in the hands of the Queen of the Bees?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Simon begin going to the Harbor?

2. What does Dorian prevent from happening when he is at a bar in "Interlude 3"?

3. How does the small girl communicate how she got to the Harbor and what she was doing at the time?

4. What happens when Zachary is looking at the books from the Keating donation and leaves to get coffee?

5. What costume does a woman wear that fascinates Zachary?

6. What does Mirabel look like when he sees her at the Harbor?

7. What did Zachary's mother see and do 14 years ago in New Orleans?

8. In Sweet Sorrows: Once, very long ago...," who is the first guard and what does he do and think?

9. Where does Dorian take Zachary after they exchange books and what happens there?

10. What is the path to becoming an acolyte?

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