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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what street is the interview conducted?
(a) Diamond
(b) First
(c) Divisadero
(d) San Francisco

2. What physical effect does the drinking of blood have on a vampire, according to Louis?
(a) It leaves him drugged
(b) It makes him pale
(c) It warms his body
(d) It has no effect

3. How does Louis know Lestat is alive just prior to their midnight departure time?
(a) Claudia sees him
(b) Lestat calls out to him
(c) Louis hears his step on the stairs
(d) Lestat beckons from the street below

4. Why does Claudia sleep with Louis?
(a) There are only two coffins
(b) Lestat refuses to share his coffin with the little girl
(c) Claudia fears sleeping alone
(d) He fears leaving her alone with Lestat

5. How does Lestat teach Louis it's possible to travel by ship?
(a) They don't discuss the issue
(b) Ship's quarters contain beds that are sufficiently dim
(c) It's not possible for a vampire to travel by ship
(d) Pretend the coffin carries the remains of a loved one

6. What does Lestat do to assuage the child's hunger?
(a) Allows her to drink from Louis
(b) Calls for a meal
(c) Calls for a slave boy and teaches her to drink
(d) Allows her to drink from him again

7. How do they hide what happened to the man?
(a) Puts it beside the road so that it looks like a robbery
(b) Hides it in the swamp
(c) Buries it on the plantation
(d) Takes it to New Orleans

8. What change does Claudia prompt in Louis?
(a) That he wear bright colors
(b) That he change his austere black clothing for softer styles and colors
(c) That he wear red-lined jackets
(d) That he wear capes every day

9. Who killed Lestat's father?
(a) Lestat
(b) The Frenier boy
(c) Louis
(d) Daniel the slave

10. What does Louis give the young musician when he comes searching for Lestat?
(a) His music scores
(b) Information
(c) Money
(d) Blood

11. What does Claudia tell Lestat as she presents him with his gift?
(a) That she wants to stop the arguing
(b) That she wants her freedom in return
(c) That she wants him to be well fed
(d) That she wants him to share with Louis

12. What is the condition of Louis and Claudia as they leave the house?
(a) Their clothing is singed and Louis is carrying Claudia
(b) Louis is draggin Claudia because she fears leaving Lestat
(c) Claudia is near dead and racing ahead of Louis
(d) Claudia is dragging Louis because he fears leaving Lestat

13. What is the reaction of the priest when Louis goes into the confessional and claims to be immortal?
(a) He threatens to turn Louis in to the authorities
(b) He believes Louis to be honestly troubled and urges him to go on
(c) He is angry, accusing Louis of making a joke and asking if he has no fear of God
(d) He protects himself with a cross, forcing Louis from the church

14. What do chrysanthemums stand for in Claudia's mind?
(a) Marriage
(b) Death
(c) Punishment
(d) Birth

15. What did Paul aspire to become?
(a) A vampire
(b) A farmer
(c) A journalist
(d) A priest

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lestat call the little girl?

2. How does Louis intend to live following the burning of Point du Lac?

3. When Lestat kills two who have been drinking wine, he himself feels the effects. What does he say about the feeling?

4. How does the house come to be on fire as Louis and Lestat fight?

5. Where is the young musician hiding as he waits outside the townhouse where Louis and Claudia are?

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