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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. Where does Delirium go after talking with the vagrant woman at the beginning of the book?

2. What does Delirium say she often gets lost in now that she is Delirium?

3. Where does Dream go to look for Etain?

4. Where does Dream have to travel to find Destruction?

5. What kind of bird is Matthew?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Delirium tell her sister she is having such a hard time holding herself together at the beginning of the book?

2. Who is Ruby?

3. Who took the absence of Destruction the hardest, and why?

4. Why has Bernie decided to be a lawyer?

5. Who is Farrell now, and who did he used to be?

6. How does Ruby die?

7. Why does Dream tell Delirium he is willing to help her?

8. What does the Alderman do when he realizes that danger is coming?

9. What happens to Etain the first time we see her in this book?

10. What do Dream and Delirium do after Ruby dies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Dream have to sacrifice at the end of the book, and how does this action affect all of his siblings?

Essay Topic 2

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the skills Destruction tried to obtain during his time in hiding, and what do these show us about his personality?

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