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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. What Prince of Hell is rumored to be the general of Hell's army?

2. When does Lucie tell Jesse in Chapter 8 that her family tells the story about his grandfather?

3. What instrument did Jem play?

4. How long has Jessamine, the Institute's resident ghost been dead?

5. How did James meet Grace Blackthorn in 1899?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 12, what does Grace tell James?

2. In Chapter 2, what happens when Cordelia dances with James?

3. In 1899, how did James and Lucie spend their summer?

4. What happens during the picnic at Regent's Park in Chapter 4?

5. Where does James go in Chapter 1, and how has he struggled not to go there?

6. What does Lucie learn from Emmanuel Gast's ghost?

7. What happens to Barbara Lightwood in Chapter 3, and how do Cordelia and Anna save her?

8. In Chapter 8, why is Jesse worried that James is meeting Grace?

9. In Chapter 6, what happens in the greenhouse at Chiswick house?

10. In Chapter 9, how does Cordelia save the lives of Hypatia and Malcolm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

Betrayal is breaking trust and hurting someone. Why does Tatiana believe she has been betrayed in the novel? Who does she think has betrayed her? How do Tatiana's feelings of betrayal affect her life and how she treats others?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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