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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 does the Quinlan family say about the dog barking?

2. What does Anita put in her suitcase in Chapter 2?

3. Why does Jean-Claude say he will not give Anita the name of the vampire he thinks may be responsible for the murders?

4. What had Ellie been studying before she was killed?

5. What does Anita say will happen next time if Larry doesn't come with her to the second murder scene in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bayard have to say when he comes to see Anita in Chapter 18?

2. What does Stirling tell Anita about the Bouvier family?

3. What does Anita find when they arrive back at the Quinlan home in Chapter 15?

4. Describe the murder scene that Anita and Larry go to in Chapter 11.

5. What does Dolph tell Anita on the phone in Chapter 5?

6. In chapter twenty describe the conversation that goes on between Anita and agent Bradford.

7. What do Magnus and Anita talk about in Chapter 9?

8. What does Anita explain about the way that girls are viewed in Chapter 7 when she is at the crime scene?

9. What do Anita and Larry find while they are driving to Bloody Bones restaurant?

10. Describe what happens when Anita first meets Stirling.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What role did power play in the story?

2) How does power translate differently to the various characters in the story? Stirling, Anita, Serephina, Jason, or any others.

3) Why do you think that Ellie chose to let herself become a vampire? Do you believe it was related to a desire for power? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

1) How is Mr. Quinlan portrayed in the story?

2) What was significant about the mention that Anita is being sued by the Quinlans?

3) Do you believe that Mrs. Quinlan would have wanted her daughter staked even if her husband hadn't been there? Why?

Essay Topic 3

1) Explain Serephina's character and her role in the story.

2) Why is it that Serephina was so powerful and yet still scared of dying? What did this reveal of her character to the reader?

3) Speculate on the reasons that Serephina's heart was beating when Jean-Claude's had not been.

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