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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. Why does Dorcas say that her ancestry imprisoned Bloody Bones?

2. What wakes Anita up in Chapter 31?

3. What does Anita have to call housekeeping for in Chapter 29?

4. Why is it explained that Serephina wants to ask Anita's forgiveness?

5. What does Xavier say that he did when Anita asks him if he gave Bloody Bones the sword or actually helped him kill the teenagers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Anita wakes up in Chapter 39?

2. What happens when Ivy attacks Anita in Chapters 33 and 34.

3. Describe the scene in Chapter 27 when Serephina first tries to get Anita to come willingly into her arms.

4. What happens when Bloody Bones appears in Chapter 38?

5. Explain where Serephina lives as Anita sees it when they first arrive in Chapter 23?

6. What does Anita do when she realizes that Jean-Claude isn't breathing and that his heart isn't beating?

7. What do Larry and Anita discuss in the beginning of Chapter 28 after Larry tells Anita that it was him that had killed the vampire Bruce?

8. What does Janos explain that the two human girls are there for in Chapter 25?

9. What happens when Magnus says he is going to put Anita back in the coffin and lock it until Serephina awakes?

10. What does Jean-Claude tell Anita might happen when they go to see the Master Vampire as he describes it in the beginning of Chapter 22?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick one of the following to write about.

1) Did reading BLOODY BONES make you interested in reading other books in the series? Explain your answer and if you are interested in the ones earlier in the story or later in the story.

2) Do you feel that Anita is wrong to date both Richard and Jean-Claude? Does the fact that Jean-Claude has offered to kill Richard effect your opinion? Why or why not?

3) When do feel that the plot of the story became obvious? What tools did the author use to convey the important information to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

1) What was the significance of the title of the book, BLOODY BONES?

2) What other names could the book have had that would have been as effective?

3) What about the title draws your attention or doesn't appeal to you?

4) How important is the title of a book?

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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