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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 a soldier use to kill a young boy?

2. Why does the woman at the cottage say she wants to kill herself?

3. What does Zane have to put the souls into?

4. Who are the only people Molly sees?

5. What kind of magic does the magician practice?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the Nurse explain about the boy?

4. What realization does Zane come to by the end of the chapter?

5. How does Death's bracelet help Zane?

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

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

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

9. What does Zane find out about time in this chapter?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Anthony gives some of his main characters religious and mythological names. Pick one of the following religious and examine what meaning their name gives to their character and the story in general.

1. Fate.

2. Luna.

3. Chronos.

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