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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old are the cave paintings that tell the Legend of the Twins?
(a) 12,000 years.
(b) They are fakes, created in 1966.
(c) No one knows for sure.
(d) At least 6,000 years.

2. What does the archeologist discover?
(a) A papyrus cup with lipstick prints from two red-haired women.
(b) A tribe of redheads, living in Peruvian jungles.
(c) Matching cave paintings, one in Palestine and one in Peru.
(d) A Sumerian tablet marked "Legend of the Twins."

3. Does Khayman wish or ask to be made a blood drinker?
(a) No, he is trapped in the forest and made by an evil spirit.
(b) No, the Queen takes him by surprise.
(c) Yes, he begs the Queen to make him a blood drinker and promises to do all she asks.
(d) Yes, he earns the right performing a certain number of tasks--the equivelent of a high-level frequent flyer's award.

4. What is the subject of the cave drawings?
(a) Palestinian twins, thought to be the matriarchs of the Lost Tribes of Israel.
(b) Red-headed twin girls, who appear to be mourning the death of another woman.
(c) A hunt in the jungles of Brazil for mysterious vampire twins.
(d) The arrest of twin redheads, the daughters of a prominent politician.

5. What is special or different about Claudia?
(a) She ages mentally and emotionally, but not physically.
(b) She is clairvoyant and could connect with anyone under the age of 15.
(c) She doesn't age mentally beyond 21, but her body ages at four times the normal speed.
(d) She sleeps in a closet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who causes the coven house to explode when Khayman visits?

2. Who summarizes the two previous books in the prologue?

3. What is an acolyte?

4. Who surprises Khayman by showing up at the concert?

5. Which of Lestat's songs does Baby Jenks like best?

Short Essay Questions

1. During the concert, Jesse throws herself against Lestat and wraps her arms around him. Why does she feel the need to touch him, and what does she learn from the experience?

2. What, if any, clues are there in Part 1, Chapter 1, The Legend of the Twins that links the Legend of the Twins to the world of the vampires?

3. Why doesn't Pandora like to fly, even though she can?

4. Why do some of the vampires view their telepathic gift--the ability to read the minds of mortals and other vampires--as something of a curse?

5. What additional information is added by the discovery of the second set of cave paintings?

6. When Khayman, before the concert, gets up to move closer to another vampire, the narrator says: "He would be near to one of these two...That's what he had wanted in Athens...To be near another like himself. To speak, to touch...something." What theme does this passage illustrate?

7. The prologue gives Lestat the opportunity to talk about himself and therefore to establish his character. What does the reader learn about Lestat?

8. Are there other factors besides love in the reunion of Daniel and Armand?

9. How are Khayman and Akasha related in terms of age and power? What do these factors mean in terms of their modern-day relationship?

10. What is one of the primary purposes of the Prologue of The Queen of the Damned? Why is that important?

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