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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. Why is Tommy upset when Jody tells him to get his own motel room?

2. What is foreshadowed in the first chapter of the book?

3. What is the name of the motel where Jody and Tommy are staying?

4. How does Jody feel toward the end of Chapter 8?

5. How does Tommy plan to help Simon?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Tommy studies the women's magazines, why does he become upset?

2. How does Jody prove she is a vampire? How does Tommy react to the news?

3. Why does Jody break the romantic mood that is building between her and Tommy?

4. What are the workers at the Marina Safeway referred to and why?

5. Jody asks Tommy to do many things for her. How does Tommy begin to feel about Jody's bossiness?

6. Now that Jody has been bitten, how does she feel differently?

7. Who does Tommy meet as the Chapter ends?

8. What does Tommy's desire to sleep with Jody while she is sleeping show?

9. Why does Jody decide to bring the homeless man's body upstairs to the apartment?

10. What does Moore do in this chapter that is important for Jody's character development?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you have written Moore's book differently? Comment on the following points:

1. Would you have allowed Jody and Tommy to stay together?

2. How would you make the Animals a more loving bunch of men?

3. Would you make Francis Stroud's character even nastier than it already is?

Essay Topic 2

Power and Independence are important themes in the novel. How are these themes carried out through multiple characters?

Jody

Francis Stroud

Simon

Essay Topic 3

In the end, the police officers are easily bribed by the two vampires. What is Moore attempting to convey about police officers?

What statement is he offering up about the people who have sworn to protect other human beings?

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