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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 is a preying mantis a giant version of?

2. What part of Sean's clothing did Molly adjust?

3. What does Zane use for an airtube?

4. What is the name of the group which protects Hot Smoke Dragons?

5. What does Mortis say Satan has sent to attack Zane?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is the little girl afraid of sleeping?

5. Why do the incarnations advise Zane to go on strike?

6. How does Zane save himself from suffocation?

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

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

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

10. What is the story Zane tells about Wilda?

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

How does Anthony represent black magic in the novel? How accurate is Anthony's representation of black magic? How does he use the story and character to create his representation?

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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