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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. At the beginning of chapter 1, how does Rose say she knows the person following her is not Strigoi?

2. In chapter 5, what kind of car does Sydney buy for the drive to Baia?

3. In chapter 15, what does Lissa notice about Reed on the flight to Court?

4. In chapter 10, who is Oksana?

5. In chapter 14, who does Abe tell Rose that Rolan has already conceived a baby with?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 2, who does Sydney tell Rose she is? When might Rose have learned about Sydney and her group if she had remained at St. Vlad's?

2. In chapter 9, what kind of stories does Rose tell the people at the memorial service for Dimitri about Dimitri?

3. In chapter 13, who does Rose meet after Easter Sunday church services? What is significant about this meeting?

4. In chapter 12, with whom does Rose argue? Why?

5. In chapter 8, Sydney warns Rose about Abe Mazur and later Rose meets Abe. What does Sydney tell Rose about Abe? What is Rose's immediate opinion of Abe?

6. In chapter 1, why does Rose tell the reader she has been spending time in a Russian nightclub called the Nightingale?

7. In chapter 1, who begins to follow Rose as she makes her way back to her hotel from the Nightingale?

8. In chapter 10, where does Dimitri's grandmother take Rose? For what reason?

9. In chapter 6, who comes to Rose's rescue in the aftermath of her fight with the Strigoi? How does she get to the Belikov home in Baia?

10. In chapter 3, what does Rose learn about Sydney's opinions of vampires? How does Rose feel about this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where has Dimitri taken Rose? What does Dimitri want from Rose? Why did Dimitri not kill Rose? What does Dimitri do to Rose to make her more docile? How does Rose react to what Dimitri is doing to her? Who is Nathan? What does Nathan want from Rose? For what reason? What reason does Nathan and Dimitri give to Rose for why the Strigoi have suddenly begun targeting the Moroi royal families? Why does Rose resist becoming Strigoi to be with Dimitri for all of eternity? What might happen to Rose if she does not commit to becoming Strigoi?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Sydney? What tattoo does Sydney have on her face? What special abilities does this tattoo give to Sydney? What is the definition of alchemist? Why is Sydney and her kind called Alchemists? What is Sydney's primary function in the vampire world? Why does Sydney seek out Rose? Why does Sydney seem reluctant to help Rose? What does Sydney finally agree to do for Rose? For what reason? From whom does Sydney first get permission to help Rose? What does this imply about Rose's situation?

Essay Topic 3

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

1) The revelation that Abe is Rose's father.

2) The package Rose receives from Dimitri and what it implies.

3) Rose's suggestion that she might ask Lissa to help her break Victor Dashkov out of prison and the reason for this.

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