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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 does the gunman come to kill?

2. Who does Molly think Luna will save the world from?

3. What does the woman with the magic shoes die of?

4. What does Zane pull from Nature's body?

5. Who does Zane go to meet at the beginning of this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zane fly over the swamp?

2. How has Luna expressed her concern about Death's strike in Chapter 12?

3. How does Nature appease the dragons?

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

5. What do Molly, Zane and Luna discuss about sin in Chapter 7?

6. How does Luna balance her soul in Chapter 10?

7. How does Zane deal with the brutish chef?

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

9. What agreement does Zane make with Satan in Chapter 11?

10. What is the story Zane tells about Wilda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Anthony say about the need for compassion? How does he use the main characters and setting to express his view?

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

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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