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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 country do Zane and Luna take a tour through in this chapter?

2. What does Luna want Zane to wear?

3. What does Wilda disguise herself as?

4. What does Satan decide it is his job to punish?

5. Who does the gunman come to kill?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Zane deal with the brutish chef?

2. What does Molly say she noticed while in heaven?

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

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

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

6. What does the story about Wilda say about empathy?

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

8. What does Satan offer Zane in Chapter 11?

9. How does Zane save himself from suffocation?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way does Anthony's novel tackle 1980s issues? How important is it for even fantasy books to examine issues relevant to the time period?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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