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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. In Part II, Chapter 8, the vampires are stalking their prey. What is their prey?

2. What does Robert try to borrow from Ben in Part II, Chapter 9?

3. What is Robert's father's name?

4. What kind of storms are prevalent in the U.S. after the war?

5. What was the melody played by Ben's door chimes?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part I, Chapter 2, Robert makes a kind of "schedule" for his day. Why is this an important step for Robert?

2. What oddity does Robert find while looking for a lathe at Sears?

3. Describe Robert Neville as he is introduced to the reader in Part I, Chapter I.

4. What is Robert Neville's mission in life as described in Part I, Chapter 1?

5. In Part I, Chapter 3, to what does Robert compare the vampires?

6. Robert's thoughts have a particular theme in Part I, Chapter 2. Outline his thoughts in simple form and describe the assumptions he makes from his analysis.

7. Outline Robert's experiments on the female vampire in Part II, Chapter 7.

8. What has Robert done to keep the vampires out of his home?

9. In Part II, Chapter 9, what happens after Robert buried Virginia in a shallow grave.

10. Robert realizes that the vampires' vulnerability lies in their blood. Why does he believe this, and what does he intend to do about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think the author chooses vampires as the villains of the novel? What do vampires represent in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the significance of Robert's choice of book, Dracula" by Bram Stoker. What character do you think Robert most relates to from that novel? Why?

Essay Topic 3

After his close call when his watch stopped, Robert tears down his mural. Why does he do this? What did the mural represent? Does he tear the mural down because he sees that it is only a representation of what he wants and will likely never have again? Do you think this event opened his eyes to that fact?

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