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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. Why does Anita compare this type of animalistic vampire to a PCP addict at the morgue?

2. Who feels like the St. Louis City Hospital should have ghosts?

3. How do vampires traditionally hunt?

4. Who pages Anita while she is talking to Richard on the phone in Chapter 13?

5. What has happened to the steel door of the vampire vault at the morgue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Anita's dream in Chapter 11 as well as her reaction to it.

2. What happens while Anita is examining the body at the second crime scene, and why is this significant?

3. How is the giant cobra defeated?

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

5. What is Anita's reaction to the crime scene she examines in Chapter 2?

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

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

8. What happens when Anita tries to put Andrew Doughal back in his grave?

9. Why does Anita show her scars to Larry, and how does he react?

10. What emergency arises at the end of Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Jean-Claude and Richard. How are their relationships with Anita similar and different?

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

Investigate "Circus of the Damned" as paranormal romance. How does it adhere to and differ from the typical paranormal romance? What changes could be made to mark it more clearly as paranormal romance? What changes could be made to prevent critics from classifying the novel as paranormal romance?

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