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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 Zane pull from Nature's body?

2. What does Zane use to kill the hounds?

3. What does Zane say he felt when Molly pushed him into Sean?

4. What part of Sean's clothing did Molly adjust?

5. What does Nature bring for the dragon to eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Zane and Luna do at the carnival?

2. How do the Irish litterers suffer in hell?

3. What does Satan tell Zane when he appears on Zane's TV?

4. What does Satan offer Zane in Chapter 11?

5. How does Zane fly over the swamp?

6. What agreement does Zane make with Satan in Chapter 11?

7. How does Zane save himself from suffocation?

8. Why do the Hot Smoke Dragons only eat virgins?

9. How does Zane deal with the brutish chef?

10. How do Nature and Zane prove their powers to each other?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has Anthony tried to keep his representations accurate? How can fantasy writers communicate realist representations while still making a novel entertaining and imaginative?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Zane's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Zane hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Zane ideas about life?

3. How has Zane's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

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