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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. Who blocks the road first as Anita and Larry jump into her car to leave the cemetery?

2. What does Anita do after getting the snake's attention?

3. What is the nude man's name?

4. What does Larry hit with the car?

5. What suddenly surrounds Anita and Larry in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Anita see when she regains consciousness?

4. How does everyone in the room react to the fight between Anita and Yasmeen?

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

6. What do Anita and Ronnie discuss at the gym?

7. Who are Jeremy Ruebens and Karl Inger, what do they want from Anita, and how does she respond?

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

9. Who are the two victims at the morgue, how were they killed, and how does Anita's team react?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How does the first person point-of-view enhance and inhibit the story? How would the novel change if a different point of view were used?

Essay Topic 3

How does the setting of "Circus of the Damned" affect the action of the novel?

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