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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 Harry realize about Inari when he looks at her?

2. Whom does Harry meet when he first arrives on the set?

3. What is Harry told about Genosa when he is setting up a line to trace the curse?

4. Why does Harry go back to his office?

5. Why did the guard run away?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Harry find in the dressing room and what does he do immediately?

2. What does Harry find out as he is setting up lines at the set and what does Murphy say about it?

3. How does Harry kill the demon and what happens to it when he does kill it?

4. How does the battle with the vampires end and how are Thomas and Inari?

5. How does Thomas feel about being with Harry, what does Harry say and what is Thomas's answer?

6. What does Harry do after speaking briefly to Thomas and why does Inari come to his room? What happens to her?

7. What do Harry and Murphy talk about on the phone concerning Genosa?

8. What is wrong with the two people in the dressing room and what does the ambulance attendant tell Harry?

9. To what does Thomas agree and why?

10. How does Harry kill one of the vampires fighting him and Lara and what does Marva say to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Harry's mother tells him that she has prepared them both for this day and that they should watch out for each other. Harry's mother gives him a gift, explaining that it is insight. Harry accepts it. When he is out of the soul gaze Harry tells Thomas that their mother said that she loved them both. Harry has spent so much of his life alone that he is not sure how to react now that he has family. Part of him is still leery of letting Thomas too close, but the words spoken to him by his own mother have gone a long way to solidify the beginnings of a relationship for the two of them.

1. Discuss what you think Harry might be feeling and thinking when he finds out he has a brother. Use examples from your own life and Blood Rites to support your answer.

2. Do you think Harry is better off emotionally knowing what happened to his mother? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and Blood Rites to support your answer.

3. Discuss, in depth, how you think Harry's life is going to change now that Thomas and the puppy is now living with him. Use examples from your own life and Blood Rites to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Characters are an important part of what makes Blood Rites interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Harry. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Murphy. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Thomas. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in Blood Rites? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in Blood Rites. Include why you believe it is foreshadowing. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from Blood Rites and your own life to support your opinion.

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