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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 would Anita rather die than do?

2. What do Anita and Bert fight about in Chapter 32?

3. When does Anita finally after home?

4. Why is Anita angry at Richard in Chapter 42?

5. In the caves, where does Anita's first bullet hit Alejandro?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Anita escape Alejandro in the cave?

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

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

5. What do Anita, Larry and Bert argue about at the office?

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

7. What does Irving tell Anita in Chapter 27, and what does she ask him to do?

8. Why does Anita call Mr. Oliver in Chapter 44, and how does she feel afterward?

9. Describe the scene before the fight between Jean-Claude and Mr. Oliver.

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

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 is foreshadowing used in "Circus of the Damned"? Choose one major instance of foreshadowing and follow it through the book, finishing with how the event is fulfilled.

Essay Topic 3

Which characters are present in the novel as the protagonist and the antagonist? Why are these characters labeled in this way?

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