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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. How does Jody describe her own mother?

2. What has the San Francisco media named the killer?

3. How did Jody use Elijah?

4. Why does Simon threaten Jody?

5. What was Elijah's old occupation?

Short Essay Questions

1. With the help of the dog, where do the Animals find Elijah's resting place?

2. Where does Jody decide to go to cheer up over Tommy's betrayal?

3. What stops Jody from going into her house?

4. As Jody leaves the vampire meeting, who calls her at a pay phone?

5. How does killing make Jody understand her vampiric nature?

6. Why does Tommy decides to "hold on to" Jody?

7. Why does Jody ask Tommy to kill Elijah during the day?

8. In order to give the turtles freedom, what does Tommy do?

9. What happens when Jody wakes up in the morgue?

10. Why do the police choose to arrest Tommy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1. Analyze the character the Emperor.

Part 2. What does this character symbolize for the city of San Francisco? What important topics does the Emperor help to bring to the forefront?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Loneliness is a central theme in the novel. How do the following characters deal or cope with their loneliness?

Jody

Elijah

The Emperor

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