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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 does Zane pull from the dead woman's body?

2. What has the woman swallowed in order to kill herself?

3. What is the old man in the nursing home tied to?

4. What does Zane find he can delay for ten minutes?

5. Where does Zane hear the voice at the end of the chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role did the magician have in Zane becoming Death?

2. What does Luna confess to Zane in Chapter 5?

3. What mistakes does Zane realize he is making in Chapter 3?

4. Why does Zane kill everyone at the hospital?

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

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

7. How does Mars defend war?

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

9. What does Zane discover about his powers in Chapter 4?

10. In what way is Zane's television in his new house different to normal televisions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way does Anthony's idea of Hell differ from other representations of Hell? How does Anthony use the Hell setting to make a point about 1980s society?

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

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?

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