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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. What book is Tessa said to be halfway through reading “and finding it an excellent distraction” in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?
(a) The Castle of Otranto.
(b) A Midwinter's Tale.
(c) A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
(d) A Tale of Two Cities.

2. When Will departs the unconscious and dying Jem in Chapter 10: “Like Water upon Sand,” he says “Atque in pepetuum, frater, ave atque vale.” What does this Latin phrase translate to in English?
(a) “May the wind be always at your back, fair brother.”
(b) “Forever and ever, my brother, hail and farewell.”
(c) “Brothers in arms, brothers in souls.”
(d) “Loyalty forever, and nobility for all time.”

3. What month is it when the Institute’s carriage rolls into the gates of Lightwood House in Chapter 2: “The Conqueror Worm”?
(a) June.
(b) October.
(c) September.
(d) November.

4. What historical figure is said to have set the fashion for marrying in white in Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?
(a) Sophie Collins.
(b) Queen Cleopatra.
(c) Queen Victoria.
(d) Boadicea.

5. What is the Welsh name for the “Hounds of the Underworld” described in Chapter 10: “Like Water upon Sand”?
(a) Malik Anrym.
(b) Eremiel llyn.
(c) Iratze Enkeli.
(d) Cwn Annwn.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jem returns, bloody and injured after chasing the carriage with Tessa, he tells the other Shadowhunters that he lost them near where in Chapter 9: “Graven in Metal”?

2. What day is described as “no luck at all” for marrying in the folk rhyme that opens Chapter 1: “A Dreadful Row”?

3. What is the name of the cat that lives at the London Institute and that surprises Jem and Tessa as they embrace in Chapter 8: “That Fire of Fire”?

4. What are the names of the two horses that Will finds in the stalls at the London Institute when he departs to go after Tessa in Chapter 11: “Fearful of the Night”?

5. What is the name of the horse that Will had grown up riding and had to sell in Staffordshire because he didn’t have money for toll roads, according to the narrator in Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where is Will Herondale located in the opening of Chapter 12: “Ghosts on the Road”?

2. How is the character of Will Herondale described in the novel’s Prologue?

3. Where does Cecily Herondale tell Will she believes Mortmain is in hiding in Chapter 10: “Like Water upon Sand”? What has led to this conclusion?

4. How is the character of Jem Carstairs described in the novel’s Prologue?

5. Why does Consul Wayland insist on taking the Lightwood brothers with him to the Silent City in Chapter 6: “Let Darkness”?

6. Describe the first letter sent by Gabriel and Gideon Lightwood to Consul Wayland in Chapter 7: “Dare to Wish.” What information is revealed in the letter?

7. What character is introduced to Will Herondale in the novel’s Prologue? How does this meeting go?

8. How is the character of Victor Whitelaw described in the narrative? What is his position?

9. What events take place when Jessamine’s carriage arrives at the London Institute in Chapter 9: “Graven in Metal”?

10. Describe Josiah Wayland’s history in The Infernal Devices series. What is Josiah’s position in the novel?

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