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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 Ever say to Jude about rogues?

2. What is Ever attempting to reverse?

3. Why does Roman say to enjoy all the pleasures on earth?

4. What does Ever think about the bad advice the twins gave her?

5. What does Ever tell Jude about Roman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Ever go when she leaves Damen in Chapter 4 and what does she try to do about her aunt?

2. Why does Ever ask Jude for help, and what does he tell her?

3. How does Ever feel about Jude's behavior at the hospital, and what does Jude ask her?

4. What do Ever and Damen think of Haven's attitude, and what do they decide to do about it?

5. What does Ever tell Haven about immortality?

6. Where does Ever take Haven at the beginning of Chapter 1, and why does she take her there?

7. Why does Haven get angry at Damen, and what does Haven tell Damen?

8. What happened between Ever and Jude the last time she saw him?

9. What do the twins tell Ever?

10. What does Roman say to Ever, and why does Ever leave quickly?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ever feels she has made many mistakes since learning of her immortality, and she is obsessed with attempting to fix these mistakes. However, the more Ever tries to fix her mistakes, the more mistakes she makes. This includes Ever's relationship with Jude. Jude has been in love with Ever in each of their lives over the last four hundred years, but Jude does not know about his past lives because he is not immortal. Ever thinks Jude is immortal and that he is part of Roman's rebels, but learns that he is not. This complicates the situation for Ever because she has placed herself in a position where she has admitted too much to Jude and broken the first rule of immortality: don't tell anyone.

1. Why do you think Ever keeps making mistakes while trying to fix her past mistakes? Use examples from your own life and Dark Flame to support your answer.

2. Discuss what Ever's actions towards Jude when she throws him and then cuts him without any supporting evidence demonstrates her general emotional state throughout much of Dark Flame. Use examples from your own life and Dark Flame to support your answer.

3. Explain how you think Ever and Jude's past lives have affected their relationship in the present time. Use examples from your own life and Dark Flame to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

There are a number of interesting questions raised by Dark Flame, questions that Noël most likely wants readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of Noël's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Noël's probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

4. Research the life of Noël and see if/where her life may have influenced her writing.

Essay Topic 3

Many novels, perhaps the majority, end on a happy note. Discuss the following:

1. Why do you think many (most?) people want what they perceive as a happy or good ending to a novel? Explain your opinion. Do you? Why or why not?

2. What are three reasons to read fiction? Discuss each one in light of Dark Flame and whether or not it fulfills all three, two, or one of the reasons you mention. Give examples as to why Dark Flame is or is not successful in fulfilling the reasons you discuss.

3. Do you think reading solely for entertainment is as good a reason to read as any other? Why or why not? Can any work of fiction or non-fiction, no matter how poorly written, enlighten, teach, and/or stimulate thought? Why or why not?

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