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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. Who is the tall, muscular, with hair shaved on either side, the back left in a long ponytail?

2. Who is arguing in the beginning of chapter 33?

3. What two new items are in Jean-Claude's bathroom in Chapter 22?

4. All of the following people can bond together to form a triumvirate, except for who?

5. Who meets Anita back at the Circus of the Damned after the fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Circus of the Damned?

2. When was the last time Anita was in the coffin room under the Circus of the Damned?

3. What is Anita's response to Jean-Claude asking "Did you raise all of Nikolaos's old cemetery"?

4. What does Anita discover inside the small hallway Jean-Claude instructs Anita to look down?

5. Explain how Richard mends Jason's wounds. Whose blood does Jason need to drink and why?

6. What does Cassandra do in Chapter 41 that impresses Anita?

7. What does Anita feel as she points her gun at Jason at the end of Chapter 27?

8. Who does Anita eventually have sexual relations with? Does this surprise you? Explain.

9. In what form will Richard and Marcus fight?

10. Why is Anita crying in Chapter 38?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In an essay, analyze the main conflict of the novel and discuss the moral and ethical implications for at least three characters in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Choose a character in the novel who is morally ambiguous and plays a pivotal role in The Killing Dance. Explain how the character can be viewed as morally ambiguous and why his or her moral ambiguity is significant to the work as a whole.

Essay Topic 3

In an essay, identify the point of view used in The Killing Dance and the effectiveness of this point of view to the overall novel.

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