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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. Who arrives at the end of the concert?

2. Why is no music allowed in the nursing home?

3. What does Molly offer Zane for saving her?

4. Who are the only people Molly sees?

5. What kind of competition is Zane's next client watching?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problems does Zane have by the end of the first chapter?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Mars defend war?

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

9. Why is Zane pleased to see the social services outside the nursing home?

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

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

Examine earth from Anthony's idea that everyone is cloned and has a collective conscience.

1. How would it affect people's relationships with each other?

2. How would it benefit the government?

3. Who do you think the government would choose to clone and why?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of Pier Anthony's previous book and contrast it with the ON A PALE HORSE in terms of the following;

1. Style.

2. Structure.

3. Themes.

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