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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 is the name of the vampire bar at which Anita meets the police officer in Chapter 23?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 18, who does Yvette have on a leash?

3. Who announces to Jean Claude in Chapter 7 that the vampire council is in town and wanting to see him?

4. How does Anita become the leader of the wereleopard pard?

5. Who is standing guard over Damian's dead body?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Anita ask Sylvie not to challenge Richard in Chapter 21?

2. 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?

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

4. What explanation does Anita give The Traveler for not liking him using Willie's body, and how does the Traveler respond to her explanation?

5. How does Anita's relationship with Sylvie change from the beginning of the book to Chapter 21?

6. Who does Anita promise to kill at the end of Chapter 20, and why does she make this promise?

7. Why does Jean Claude need his strength restored in Chapter 16 and how does Anita help him restore it?

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

9. 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?

10. Who is Larry Kirkland and what is his relationship with Anita?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the Humans First organization in the novel and how it conveys the concept of prejudice. What do you think the author is trying to say about prejudice through her depiction of this group in the novel? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast any three vampire characters in Burnt Offerings. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the triumvirate. What conflicts does it bring to Anita? What benefits does it bring to Anita? What does it symbolize? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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