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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 main attraction in the big tent?

2. Where is Anita's zombie-raising appointment in Chapter 19?

3. What is the name of the group that Ruebens and Inger claim that they belong to?

4. What does Anita tell Larry to do as she draws her gun in Oakglen Cemetery?

5. Who does Anita call in Chapter 3 before going to sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the giant cobra defeated?

2. What happens between Anita and Yasmeen in Chapter 6?

3. What does Anita think about Larry as she talks to him while the Doughal family speaks with the zombie?

4. How does Alejandro convince Anita to relinquish her gun?

5. Who is Edward, and what does he want with Anita?

6. What does Jean-Claude want Anita to do when the giant cobra goes crazy, and how does she respond?

7. What does Anita do when it becomes clear that someone is out there in the dark after her zombie raising appointment?

8. Why does Anita decide they are in big trouble at the morgue?

9. Describe the St. Louis City Morgue and the vampire vault.

10. Why do Anita and Alejandro fight, and how does their fight end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Anita's primary motif throughout "Circus of the Damned"? How does this affect her decisions and actions? What are her other motifs throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 2

How are the different symbols (the Master of the City, Circus of the Damned, etc.) used throughout the novel to represent abstract concepts? Detail and explain how the symbols are used to describe certain abstract concepts and which concepts they describe.

Essay Topic 3

How is foreshadowing used in "Circus of the Damned"? Choose one major instance of foreshadowing and follow it through the book, finishing with how the event is fulfilled.

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