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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 Anita doing when Yasmeen enters the room at the Circus of the Damned in Chapter 6?

2. Who hands Anita her black leather jacket after her fight with Yasmeen in Chapter 6?

3. What is the main attraction in the big tent?

4. Who arrives after the snake is decapitated?

5. Where does Anita Blake meet Jeremy Ruebens and Karl Inger in the beginning of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bert page Anita, and what does Anita tell him in response?

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

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

4. At the police station, what do Anita and Jean-Claude argue about?

5. What does Anita see when she regains consciousness?

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

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

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

9. What does Richard explain about Stephen at the police station?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Compare and contrast Anita and Edward.

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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