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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. Jem is said to be a few weeks short of his birthday turning what age in Chapter 13: “The Mind Has Mountains”?
(a) 19.
(b) 18.
(c) 21.
(d) 17.

2. What object begins bleeding in Chapter 14: “Parabatai,” informing Will that Jem is dead?
(a) His wedding ring.
(b) His parabatai rune.
(c) His Seraph blade.
(d) His angel wings.

3. The poetic excerpt from “Lines: When the Lamp is Shattered,” which opens Chapter 16: “The Clockwork Princess” was written by whom?
(a) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(b) Sarah Williams.
(c) Algernon Charles Swinburne.
(d) Alexander Pope.

4. To whom is the letter addressed that is written by Charlotte in the opening of Chapter 15: “Stars, Hide Your Fires”?
(a) Aloysius Starkweather.
(b) Woosley Scott.
(c) Bridget Daly.
(d) Josiah Wayland.

5. What is the herbal concoction that Jem gives to Tessa in Chapter 23: “Than Any Evil”?
(a) Yin fen.
(b) Opium.
(c) Tisane.
(d) Ayahuasca.

Short Answer Questions

1. What novel does Tessa think of while speaking with Mortmain in Chapter 18: “For This Alone,” in which she imagines the characters of Lucie Manette and Sydney Carton?

2. The quote that opens Chapter 24: “The Measure of Love” is attributed to whom?

3. Jem tells Will in Chapter 22: “Thunder in the Trumpet” that his name is no longer James Carstairs but what now?

4. What is the location listed for Cecily’s parents in the letter that she sends to them in Chapter 17: “Only Noble to be Good”?

5. As Cicely sits in the training room after being told that Charlotte has sent for the Silent Brothers in Chapter 13: “The Mind Has Mountains,” the narrator says “Part of her mind was there in the Institute, but the rest was with Will: on the back of a horse, leaning into the wind, riding hell-for-leather over the roads that separated London from” where?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Tessa’s clockwork angel described? What are the pendant’s origins?

2. What confession does Gabriel Lightwood make in Chapter 17: "Only Noble To Be Good"?

3. What discovery is made regarding Brother Zachariah in Chapter 21: "Burning Gold"?

4. What is the outcome for Will and Tessa in Chapter 24: "The Measure of Love"?

5. Tessa learns from Mortmain in his chambers his reasons for kidnapping her in Chapter 14: “Parabatai.” What are the reasons?

6. What does Mortmain tell Tessa he plans to do with her in Chapter 14: “Parabatai”?

7. What are the Shadowhunters admiring in the opening of Chapter 20: "The Infernal Devices"?

8. Where do Tessa, Will, and Magnus encounter the battle in Chapter 21: "Burning Gold"?

9. How does Will Herondale come to the realization of Jem’s “death” in Chapter 14: “Parabatai”?

10. Why does Gideon Lightwood suggest that Sophie Collins undergo Ascension in the narrative?

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