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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. How does Alejandro plan to make Anita pay?

2. Who acts hurt that Anita does not trust him to take her to the meeting in Chapter 29?

3. What does Anita realize when she feels a strange wind at her back?

4. Who does the murderous vampires' descriptions match?

5. What wakes Anita from her sleep in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Larry eager to hunt vampires?

2. What does Ronnie tell Anita when she calls in Chapter 31?

3. Who is waiting for Anita at her apartment in Chapter 26, and what transpires?

4. What does Anita want to prevent Larry from doing, who agrees, and why?

5. What happens when Mr. Oliver orders Anita to kill Jean-Claude?

6. Where do Anita and Larry go in Chapter 34, what does Anita warn Larry about, and who escorts them inside?

7. What does Jean-Claude believe Alejandro has done, how does Anita respond, and what does Jean-Claude say are her only options now?

8. What does Jean-Claude explain to Anita when she arrives at the Circus of the Damned on Halloween?

9. What is Mr. Oliver's goal, according to what he tells Anita in Chapter 30?

10. What does Anita tell Jean-Claude when she reaches him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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