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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 use for an airtube?

2. What is Death's Greek name?

3. What does Satan say he will do in exchange for Zane visiting hell?

4. Who does Satan accuse of not paying attention?

5. What part of Sean does Molly think was an illusion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the woman with the dancing shoes die in Chapter 8?

2. What does Chronos tell Zane about Luna in Chapter 9?

3. What is the story Zane tells about Wilda?

4. How do Nature and Zane prove their powers to each other?

5. How do the Irish litterers suffer in hell?

6. What do Zane and Luna do at the carnival?

7. How does Zane find out that Satan has scheduled Luna's death?

8. What does Nature tell Zane about the people he encountered on the way to her house?

9. What is Satan and God's opinion on World War Three?

10. What does Satan offer Zane in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How has Anthony tried to keep his representations accurate? How can fantasy writers communicate realist representations while still making a novel entertaining and imaginative?

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