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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 Murphy do when Harry bends down to see that she is alright?

2. How long does Harry tell Susan it will be before the sun comes up?

3. Why does the image say that it is trying to kill Harry?

4. What does Harry tell Susan to do while he is holding off the demon?

5. Who is waiting when the elevator doors open?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Harry see at Victor's house when he opens his Third Eye?

2. What does Harry find when he enters his office in chapter twenty-two?

3. What does the photographer tell Harry about what he knows in chapter nineteen?

4. Describe the conversation that Harry has with himself while he is laying on the floor in Linda's apartment.

5. What happens when Harry realizes he could kill everyone in the house right then?

6. How does Harry describe his father in chapter seventeen?

7. What does Harry realize in chapter thirteen when he awakens to a thunderstorm?

8. What happens when Harry tells Susan to drink the escape potion in the lab?

9. What does Harry find while at Linda's apartment that gives him some hope?

10. Describe the crime scene where Linda's body is discovered.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the importance of family relationships.

Part 1) What family relationships are seen in the story?

Part 2) Which of these seems to have the largest impact on the characters in the story or to be the most important? Explain your answer.

Part 3) How is the Beckitt's love for their daughter viewed differently than Monica Sells's love for her children?

Essay Topic 2

Comic relief is often used as an important literary tool in a story.

Part 1) What characters in the story provide comic relief?

Part 2) How would the story have changed without these moments of comic relief?

Essay Topic 3

Part 1) What well known superstitions and myths did the author use in his book that most people would be familiar with? An example of this might be that vampires don't like day light.

Part 2) What in the book was unique to Jim Butcher's world? Are these differences easy to understand and grasp?

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