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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 is Satan constantly advertising?

2. What does Zane pull from the dead woman's body?

3. Why is Zane evicted from his apartment?

4. What points Death to the next soul he has to take?

5. Where does Zane have to deliver the baby's soul?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mars defend war?

2. In what way does Zane show he could be perfect in his role as Death?

3. How can Zane get to his mansion in Purgatory?

4. How does Zane help the drowning man in Chapter 4?

5. In what way does the theme of death hang over the first chapter?

6. Why does the Old Man remind Zane of his mother?

7. In what way does Zane's first encounter with Death show the positive sides of his job?

8. Why can even babies have souls balanced towards evil?

9. What does Luna say is the difference between white and black magic?

10. What does Fate say are Zane's duties as Death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the characters in the book and discuss how he or she would cope in one of the following scenarios.

1. Satan consigns Luna to hell.

2. God interferes in Satan's business.

3. Zane loses his job as Death.

Essay Topic 2

The author wrote ON A PALE HORSE in the third person. Why do you think the author chose to write the story in the third person? How do you think the meaning of the story would change if the author wrote it in the first person?

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

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