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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. What is Talamasca?
(a) The code name for gaining entry in the Sonoma compound.
(b) A secret organization dedicated to investigating supernatural and paranormal incidents.
(c) An Italian restaurant in London with a back bar for vampires.
(d) A secret society of vampires.

2. What does Maharet do when she discovers Mael "kissing" Jesse.
(a) Maharet hits Mael, sending Mael flying into the air.
(b) Maharet cries and throws a tantrum.
(c) Maharet ignores the situation.
(d) Maharet lures Mael away with an offer of food and wine.

3. What is Maharet's family role?
(a) Maharet is the family's historian.
(b) Maharet is the family's flighty maiden aunt.
(c) Maheret is the family's bookkeeper.
(d) Maharet is the family's consigliere.

4. What is the relationship between Gabrielle and Lestat?
(a) Lovers.
(b) Distant cousins.
(c) Mother and son.
(d) Co-lyricists of Lestat's hit album.

5. At the St. Louis coven house, what does the sole surviving vampire tell Baby Jenks about covens in the rest of the world?
(a) "Houston went up like a rocket and Memphis is as dead as a sad country song."
(b) "Paris has gone up like the fireworks on Bastille Day and London is ding-dong dead."
(c) "The East Coast has been burnt out like a circuit of lights. There is no answer at the coven house in Paris or Berlin."
(d) "The Mexico City house has been stamped out like a cucaracha and Panama City has gone down the drain."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Khayman decide to go to the live concert in San Francisco?

3. What happens to Daniel after he sips some of Armand's blood?

4. How old is Jesse when she visits Maharet?

5. When Baby Jenks reveals to her mother that she was no longer a virgin, what does her mother do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In Chapter 4, The Story of Daniel, what point does the author make about how many vampires decide to take a particular action that doesn't seem to make sense?

5. What happens to Daniel after ten years, when Armand doesn't make him a vampire?

6. Did Jesse feel more loyalty to the Great Family or to Talamasca?

7. Does Pandora enjoy drinking the blood of Azim's followers?

8. How does Akasha mock Marius when she awakens?

9. Is Killer a good teacher for a new vampire? Why or why not?

10. Is there any reason or purpose to the fact that Khayman has regained consciousness at the same time as Akasha? What is it? Is there a literary term that could be applied to Khayman's questioning?

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