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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 causes Damian's problems in Chapter 13?

2. What non-wolf can feel the call of the wolf pack to the greeting ceremony in Chapter 24?

3. In Chapter 12, what enables Anita to sense Richard telepathically?

4. In what location does the first scene of the novel occur?

5. How could a master vampire save Damian?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the triumvirate between Anita, Jean-Claude, and Richard.

2. In Chapter 10, what new abilities and sensations does Anita discover in herself due to her bond with Jean-Claude?

3. In Chapter 7, what reveals to Anita that Sheriff Wilkes is involved in whatever is going on in Myerton?

4. What is Anita's relationship with werewolf Richard Zeeman?

5. What is Anita's relationship with vampire master Jean-Claude?

6. Who is Mira, what is her role in the attack on Nathaniel, and what does Anita's comment about what she'd like done to Mira foreshadow?

7. Who is Colin and why does he not want Anita to come to Tennessee?

8. What supernatural creatures accompany Anita to Tennessee to assist Richard?

9. Once the confrontation ends, how does Anita feel about the power she displays during her meeting with Colin and his vampires in Chapter 20?

10. What is Anita's relationship with the vampire Damian?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Blue Moon contains a number of instances of irony. Cite at least three examples of irony in the novel and how it is used to indicate events to come.

Essay Topic 2

Blue Moon takes place in the present in Tennessee and St. Louis in an alternate reality in which vampires, werewolves, and trolls are real. Discuss how the geographical and chronological settings affect the story and how the characters and story might differ if Laurell K. Hamilton had set the novel in another era or in a world in which vampires and werewolves are real but are thought to be mere myths and legends. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the werewolves, the wereleopards, the vampires, and the trolls in Blue Moon. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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