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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 the woman who claims to have been bitten by a vampire at the vampire bar do to her attacker?

2. What does the bar's owner fear will happen as a result of the attack on the woman at his bar?

3. Who else refuses to attack Sylvie for the same reason Vivian does?

4. In Chapter 21, what is the reason Vivian does not obey Padma's order to attack Sylvie?

5. At the end of Chapter 15, who releases the shield he has been keeping over Padma's powers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Anita Blake's profession and how does this profession bring her into conflict during the novel?

2. What is Larry doing when he is attacked by a member of Humans First?

3. What do Anita and Jean Claude find nailed to the door of the Circus of the Damned in Chapter 13 and what does this object indicate?

4. In Chapter 14, how does Jean Claude tell Anita they should deal with the vampire council?

5. Explain how Jean Claude can still enjoy the pleasure of food when vampires don't eat food.

6. Why doesn't the vampire council release Vivian and Gregory in Chapter 30, and what does their treatment of these two shapeshifters reveal about the council?

7. What is Asher's history with Jean Claude and what does Asher vow to see happen to Jean Claude?

8. How does Asher respond to Anita's references to his beauty at the beginning of Chapter 11?

9. What is Humans First?

10. What is Anita's position in Richard's werewolf pack and how does that position bring her into conflict with Sylvie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the antagonists in the novel: the Traveler, Fernando, Padma, Raina, and Yvette. Include a discussion of their relationships with Anita. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of psychic abilities in Burnt Offerings. Which characters have psychic or paranormal abilities and how are these abilities used? What do you think the author is trying to say through her depiction of psychic or paranormal abilities in the novel? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Anita's relationships with the vampires, the werewolves, the were-leopards, and the wererats in Burnt Offerings. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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