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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 Karou draw in Chapter 30?

2. What does Karou buy for herself in Paris?

3. What does Akiva tell Karou about finding out who she really is in Chapter 41?

4. What place is the chimaeran home?

5. Who did Razgut tell Karou was looking for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brimstone leave for Karou after the portals are destroyed, and how does Karou use these?

2. In Chapter 39, why does Akiva have some affinity for magic?

3. Why is Karou unable to touch Akiva?

4. What strange experience does Karou have when she examines the black marks on Akiva's hands?

5. In Chapter 41, why is Karou upset with Akiva's manner when she meets him in Morocco?

6. What does Akiva ask Karou to remember before she breaks the wishbone?

7. What feeling does Karou have about Akiva when she wakes up in her flat the first night he stays there?

8. Where does Karou want to go to try to find Brimstone?

9. What does Zuzana think of Akiva when she first meets him?

10. Why do Akiva's siblings fight him and Karou in Chapter 35?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do the chimaeran revenants represent in this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the language and descriptions Taylor uses throughout the novel around the topics of sex, desire, and romantic love.

Essay Topic 3

How does Taylor build and sustain suspense throughout this novel? Write a journal entry explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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