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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 the receptionist direct Zane to?

2. How is Zane's client killed during the pigskin match?

3. Why does the computer say a soul is inherently both good and evil?

4. What does a man try to take from Molly?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Zane kill everyone at the hospital?

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

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

What are the arguments for and against religion? What are Anthony's opinions on religion and how does he express them? Do you agree or disagree with Anthony?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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