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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 Larry's zombie bag have on it?

2. Who steps through the doorway in Chapter 26 after the handkerchief has been shown?

3. What does Jean-Claude say when Anita tells him that Serephina wants to drink from her and Bloody Bones in order to be immortal?

4. Why does Dorcas say that her ancestry imprisoned Bloody Bones?

5. What does Magnus say will happen if Anita raises the dead from the hillside for Stirling?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the scene in Chapter 27 when Serephina first tries to get Anita to come willingly into her arms.

2. What do Anita, Larry, and Dorcas find when they reach the mound where Bloody Bones is imprisoned?

3. Describe the conversation that Dorcas and Anita have in Chapter 21.

4. In Chapter 29 what does Jean-Claude tell Anita about his past and when he first became a vampire?

5. What do Larry and Anita discuss in the beginning of Chapter 28 after Larry tells Anita that it was him that had killed the vampire Bruce?

6. What happens when Magnus says he is going to put Anita back in the coffin and lock it until Serephina awakes?

7. Describe what happens between Ivy and Jean-Claude in the beginning of Chapter 24 when they have first arrived at Serephina's house.

8. Describe the scene where the gas trucks begin pumping gasoline into the Bloody Bones bar and grill.

9. Explain where Serephina lives as Anita sees it when they first arrive in Chapter 23?

10. What does Janos explain that the two human girls are there for in Chapter 25?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) What role do you feel that religion played in the story?

2) What other religions or cultures could have been introduced easily into the story?

3) Do you feel that religion was presented in a more negative or positive light and why?

Essay Topic 2

1) Explain Serephina's character and her role in the story.

2) Why is it that Serephina was so powerful and yet still scared of dying? What did this reveal of her character to the reader?

3) Speculate on the reasons that Serephina's heart was beating when Jean-Claude's had not been.

Essay Topic 3

1) Why does Anita try so hard to protect Larry?

2) What does this reveal about Anita's personality?

3) Explain the relationship that Anita and Larry have? Would you say that it is more than a typical co-worker relationship? Why or why not?

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