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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 happens to the child after Louis drinks of her blood?
2. What does Louis say eventually occurs to him with regard to Claudia's life as a vampire?
3. Who does Louis name overseer after the death of his own overseer?
4. Where is the young musician hiding as he waits outside the townhouse where Louis and Claudia are?
5. What excuse does Louis offer to avoid his sister's wedding?
Short Essay Questions
1. Louis says he expected Madeline to come to hate her life as a vampire once she realizes that it is now the reality of her life, but comes to realize that there's a reason she doesn't. What is that reason?
2. What does Lestat's father believe to be the cause of Lestat's odd hours?
3. Why does Armand want so desperately to be with Louis?
4. What trick does Claudia tell Louis will help him adjust to the dim light at the ruins?
5. How does Lestat teach Louis to handle financial matters?
6. Describe Louis's first interaction with a vampire in Paris.
7. Louis says that Lestat would have loved a young man such as the interviewer. Why?
8. While Louis tries to convince Babette that he is capable of doing good even if he himself is evil, he becomes weary. Why?
9. What theories are offered for the reason the vampires Louis and Claudia encounter are all mindless corpses?
10. What does Claudia do that brings suspicion on the trio?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Paris, Louis tells Claudia that he is "the sorcerer's apprentice only!" What is meant by this? How does his feeling on this point impact his entire life as a vampire?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the details of Louis's first kill. What changes over the coming years? Compare that to how Lestat's attitude about killing changes over the years.
Essay Topic 3
Louis says that he is afraid of getting into the coffin because he's afraid of closed in places and later that he's afraid of the swamp for equally personal reasons. What does Louis say he should have known about those kinds of fears?
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