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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 does Lestat pass for human?
(a) By using makeup, skillfully applied.
(b) By keeping his collar up and wearing a hat and dark glasses.
(c) By wearing a George W. Bush mask.
(d) By projecting an aura that confuses onlookers.

2. Who summarizes the two previous books in the prologue?
(a) The Queen of the Damned.
(b) Lestat.
(c) Akasha.
(d) Maharet.

3. 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) A secret society of vampires.
(d) An Italian restaurant in London with a back bar for vampires.

4. What kind of publication or broadcast is used to summarize information from the first two books for the reader?
(a) A declaration against Lestat and his allies, posted at vampire gathering spots.
(b) A posting on Pandora's Facebook Wall.
(c) An article in the weekly magazine that only vampires can receive.
(d) A guest appearance on Letterman.

5. When Baby Jenks reveals to her mother that she was no longer a virgin, what does her mother do?
(a) She offers to teach Baby Jenks how to cook, so she would have a career.
(b) She looks away from Baby Jenks and goes back to work, humming.
(c) She becomes very upset and locks Baby Jenks in the trailer.
(d) She says, "Do you want some supper, honey?"

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Khayman tries to makes friends with a trio of other vampires?

2. What does Khayman decide after his encounter with Akasha?

3. In what period of time does the "Queen of the Damned" take place?

4. What is the treasure being handed over?

5. What does Daniel have to do to avoid being killed by Armand?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the first paragraph in Part 1, Chapter 3, The Goddess Pandora tell you about Pandora? Does it give you a feeling of Pandora's attitude as well as her appearance?

2. Does the archeologist's daughter really understand what her father has spent his life studying?

3. Why does Khayman hate Akasha?

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

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

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. Why is Pandora so worried about Marius?

8. What is Armand's dilemma in deciding whether to make Daniel a vampire?

9. What seems to be happening in the first cave paintings of the twins?

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

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