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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. How does Rose know how Dimitri will set up his defenses?

2. In what way did Rose threaten the queen during her speech against the new dhampir age law?

3. Who acts as the master of ceremonies at the secret Moroi ceremony to honor the dead from the Strigoi attack?

4. What does a little boy in the crowd ask Dimitri about his appearance?

5. What type of equipment does Rose receive in order to have a conversation with Sydney?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Adrian convince Rose to go to a party the night after multiple dhampir guardians were killed defending and rescuing Lissa and Christian?

2. What does Rose encourage Dimitri to do in order to further prove he is no longer Strigoi?

3. What happens when Rose tries to see Dimitri? What does Lissa tell Rose about Dimitri?

4. What does Rose think has caused Dimitri's change of heart in regards to their relationship?

5. What does Tatiana do after Rose is discovered to be a witness to a Moroi ceremony that is supposed to be highly secretive?

6. What do Christian and Lissa find so difficult about learning to wield a stake?

7. How does Dimitri respond to Lissa when she goes to visit him? How does Rose feel about this?

8. What does Mikhail tell Rose about the investigation into the queen's murder?

9. Why does Rose go to church? What conversation does she have there? What impact does the conversation have on Rose?

10. Why does Rose become angry about the new law? What does Rose say to the court?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Rose Hathaway? What is a dhampir? Why is Rose about to take her guardian test? What will the results of this test mean to Rose's future? Who does Rose wish was with her in the moments before the test? Who is there? Why? Why is Rose surprised to see Abe Mazur in the audience? Who is sitting with Abe? Why does this concern Rose? How does Rose do on her test? What did the guardians give Rose to do that they did not give to the other dhampir students? How did Rose respond to this extra challenge? What does this say about Rose's fighting skills?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following in an essay using quotes from the novel to support any conclusions:

1) Setting

2) Language

3) Structure

Essay Topic 3

How do Rose and her companions get trapped among a group of Strigoi in a Las Vegas casino in the middle of the day? Why did Rose mistakenly think they were safe? What did Rose fail to take into consideration? Who is among the Strigoi? For what reason has this Strigoi targeted Rose and her companions? What is a guardian's first priority when faced with Strigoi? What does Rose do to protect her friends? What happens when Dimitri and Rose begin to fight? Why does Eddie accuse Rose of being reckless, of making a mistake in her fight with Dimitri? Is Eddie right?

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