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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 the television news about?

2. Who saves Angelica when she falls?

3. Who has the magician transferred his sins to?

4. Whose interference angers Zane in this chapter?

5. Which piece of Death's jewelry can translate languages?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zane get together a performance for the old man?

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

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

4. Why does the Magician say he is pleased to be spending time in Purgatory?

5. In what way does Fate say Death was careless?

6. In what way does Zane show himself as impulsive?

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

8. How does Death's bracelet help Zane?

9. Where does Zane have to go for his first appointment in Chapter 4?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick a character from the book and discuss his or her goals and motives. Do they achieve their motive? Do they share similar goals and motives with other characters? Do their goals clash with other characters? How do the characters goals and motives affect their interaction with each other?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Zane's character to the person he was at the beginning of the book to the he is at the end.

1. What did Zane hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Zane ideas about life?

3. How has Zane's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the books reception in three different countries including the country the book was written. How do their opinions about the books differ? Was the book more influential in one country than another? If so, why?

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