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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 Richard convince Anita to do?

2. What is the only difference between the first and second murder scenes?

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

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

5. How does Yasmeen feel about Anita threatening her with a gun?

Short Essay Questions

1. After leaving the police station, what do Anita and Richard discuss on the drive home?

2. How is the giant cobra defeated?

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

4. Describe the calls that Anita makes before going to sleep in Chapter 3.

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

6. Who are Jeremy Ruebens and Karl Inger, what do they want from Anita, 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. What does Anita see when she regains consciousness?

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

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

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

Choose one of the main themes in this novel (violence, manipulation, paranormal beings) and detail its recurrences throughout the novel. What does it add to the novel? How does it affect the difference characters?

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