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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 type of soap is stocked in the bathrooms in Chapter 25?

2. When does Emil remember a time in Chapter 18 when he refused to get off the train at his stop?

3. Who does Iris ask Emil to help capture in Chapter 17?

4. Who punches Brighton in Chapter 27?

5. In Chapter 20, from where is a golden-strand hydra being transported?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ness feel about all the people he has hurt or murdered in Chapter 34?

2. What happens when Maribelle captures the shapeshifter?

3. Why does Ness hate his father?

4. What happens after Brighton releases the Spell Walkers of New York?

5. How does Emil get back to Nova in Chapter 28?

6. Who tries to stop Ness in Chapter 20, and how does Ness save himself?

7. In Chapter 29, what does Brighton do in Luna's lab?

8. In Chapter 25, what does Emil think are the chances the Spell Walkers will win the war?

9. How does Emil escape the Blood Casters in Chapter 26?

10. In Chapter 19, what does Eva tell Emil when he worries that he will be worse than Keon?

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

Ness has hurt or killed many people. Is Ness in need of redemption? How does he try to achieve redemption? Does he succeed in achieving redemption?

Essay Topic 3

Idioms are figurative language. Why is it sometimes difficult to understand idioms and what they mean? In what way are idioms contemporary language? How does the author use idioms in the book?

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