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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 feel about killing for Akasha?
(a) Uneasy and reluctant.
(b) Hesitant, but willing.
(c) Ready, willing, and able.
(d) Nervous and excited.

2. What effect does Maharet's red hair have on Marius' mood?
(a) He is entranced by it momentarily and feels joyful again.
(b) It makes him think of his mother.
(c) He is disgusted and thinks she should update the style.
(d) He has the urge to wrap it around him like a cloak.

3. Why do the people of Mount Carmel eat their dead?
(a) They have a taste for the tender flesh of relatives.
(b) So the flesh of the dead would not rot and their souls could flourish.
(c) There is a famine in the countryside and people are starving.
(d) A neighboring tribe forces them to become cannibals.

4. What does Marius suggest the vampires do when they learn of the massacres committed by Akasha and Lestat?
(a) Call 911.
(b) Hide from Akasha.
(c) Join in Akasha's plan.
(d) Kill Akasha.

5. How do Akasha and Lestat get to their first destination?
(a) They fly; Akasha has Lestat carry her.
(b) They project themselves there, using telepathy.
(c) Being exercise enthusiasts, they hike and bike as much as possible.
(d) They charter a Lear jet; Akasha has her pilot's license.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marahet say about Akasha?

2. Gabrielle wants to destroy Akasha for taking her son, Lestat. What does she ask Maharet about that plan?

3. What are Lestat's thoughts as he falls deeper and deeper into Akasha's spell?

4. What has Jesse seen that startles Marius?

5. What has Lestat become, as he and Akasha leave Greece?

Short Essay Questions

1. Lestat is very reluctant to cooperate with Akasha's plan and tries to talk her out of it. What is it about him that attracts her, even though she can't control him?

2. What is Marius' reaction to the gathering of vampires which he has joined?

3. Akasha tells Lestat why she loves him. What does she say?

4. Once the twins are back in their cell, what does Amel tell them about himself?

5. When the twins fail to restore them, the King and Queen first vow to kill them but settle for plucking out Maharet's eyes and cutting out Mekare's tongue. What happens to the eyes and the tongue, and then what happens to the twins?

6. What does Maharet say about Akasha's dream?

7. Does Lestat believe in Akasha's quest? Why or why not?

8. How does Lestat feel about the events that led to him becoming a vampire?

9. Why is Akasha so intent on questioning the twins and, through them, the spirits? What does she hopes to gain?

10. Akasha wants 99 percent of male humans killed, reasoning that a world ruled by women will be more peaceful than the world under the rule of men. What is the irony of that plan?

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