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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. In chapter 2, who comes to Dimitri's defense in a discussion about his future?

2. In chapter 13, where does Dimitri tell Rose they are going to go next?

3. In chapter 7, why does Lissa claim to believe that Rose really is Tatiana's killer?

4. In chapter 3, where does Lissa say Adrian is?

5. In chapter 3, who do the two statues in the garden of the church represent?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 4, Rose becomes aware that most of the guards have run out of her cell block and left her with much fewer guards. What has caused this?

2. How does Rose receive visits from people during her sleep? Who is the first to visit her in chapter 10? For what reason?

3. Who are the Keepers? What do Rose and Sydney both find uncomfortable with the Keepers' way of living?

4. Why does Rose open herself to see ghost in her jail cell? Does she get the response she had hoped for?

5. What is Lissa's role to be in the funeral for Tatiana?

6. What is the reaction of Hans, Alberta, and the other guardians when Lissa admits that Dimitri and Rose have an intimate relationship? Why?

7. What does it mean that Rose Hathaway is shadow kissed? What abilities has this left Rose with?

8. In chapter 17, what injury does Rose have that causes her to need time to recover? How did she get it?

9. In chapter 16, how do Rose and Dimitri subdue Sonya Karp? For what purpose?

10. In chapter 13, what does Ambrose tell Lissa, Adrian, and Christian about Tatiana's beliefs regarding the dhampirs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who does Rose claim killed Tatiana? How do the Moroi and dhampir people respond to Rose's accusations? How does the murderer react? Why does Lissa jump in front of the murderer? Why is Rose shot? What happens after Rose is shot? What did coming back from death on her own do to Rose's bond with Lissa? Why? Who was elected queen? What will Rose's future job be? What is Dimitri's job? What does this mean for their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Who are the Keepers? Why do they live outside of Moroi society? How is their lifestyle different from those of the Moroi at Court? What does Sydney dislike about the Keepers? What does Rose find surprising about the Keepers? Why is this so surprising? Who is Joshua? Why does he make a proposal of marriage to Rose? How does Rose react to this proposal? How does this proposal lead Angeline, Joshua's sister, to attack Rose? How is this a part of the Keeper traditions?

Essay Topic 3

Who is Rose Hathaway? Why is she in jail at the beginning of the novel? What is she accused of doing? What book does her father give her to read? Why is this an interesting choice of books for a person in Rose's position? What note does Rose have from the murder victim? Why would Rose be chosen as the recipient of such a note? What impact could the information in the note have on Rose and Lissa if it proves to be true? Why does Rose contact the person who wrote the note to verify its veracity? Why does Rose not ask this person the identity of her real killer at the same time?

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