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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 Zane realize he has to stop in this chapter?

2. What does Nature create in Zane to prove her power?

3. What does Fate suggest Zane hires?

4. What does Wilda disguise herself as?

5. What kind of drawing does Molly show Zane and Luna at the carnival?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Zane fly over the swamp?

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

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

7. What is the story Zane tells about Wilda?

8. What does Satan tell Zane when he appears on Zane's TV?

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

10. Why is the little girl afraid of sleeping?

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

Examine earth from Anthony's idea that everyone is cloned and has a collective conscience.

1. How would it affect people's relationships with each other?

2. How would it benefit the government?

3. Who do you think the government would choose to clone and why?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the construction of Anthony's argument.

1. How does he introduce his ideas?

2. How does he construct his ideas to come to logical conclusion?

3. What weaknesses and strengths can you identify in Anthony's argument?

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