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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. What does Molly NOT say is waiting for Graham inside?

2. What happens that distracts Miss Harper allowing Dolarhyde to hit her in the head with a gun?

3. Why does the fire investigator tell the police there may not be any remains of Dolarhyde found?

4. What does Graham brush away from his face while he stands in the back yard?

5. What does Reba say most people think about Dolarhyde?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Graham is given the remains of the killer from the charred house site what does he wonder about?

2. Who does the Dragon demand to have in Chapter 37?

3. Describe Reba's trip to see the Tiger and the reaction of the people involved.

4. What does the Dragon offer Dolarhyde in Chapter 44?

5. What is Reba's reaction when Dolarhyde tells her that he would rather her die with him than to be left to the Dragon?

6. What does Dolarhyde do when he sees Reba kiss Ralph Mandy?

7. Describe Dolarhyde's reaction to the painting of George Washington in the Brooklyn Museum.

8. What takes place in the phone call between Graham and Molly and Willy in Chapter 40?

9. What is Graham still looking for in Dolarhyde's desk when Crawford appears and tells him that the flight that Dolarhyde has written on the calender is to the Leeds' home town?

10. When Dolarhyde has a discussion with the Dragon in Chapter 37 what are the main differences in the two personalities?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Dolarhyde become desperate to destroy the Dragon even though it is the Dragon that Dolarhyde believes he gets his power from? Why was Dolarhyde unable to break loose of the Dragon's grasp?

Essay Topic 2

Dolarhyde says at one point in the story that he can sacrifice people to the Dragon and then go back to Reba and treat her well. Does Dolarhyde believe that he and the Dragon are still completely separate? Is what Dolarhyde feels for Reba love? Explain. If Dolarhyde and the Dragon are "becoming" or are the same entity why can Dolarhyde love Reba but the Dragon want her dead?

Essay Topic 3

Why is it that Dolarhyde uses his grandmother's teeth in the killings? When the Dragon has Dolarhyde maim his genitals with his grandmother's teeth the Dragon says that they are his teeth. What connection does the grandmother and the Dragon have?

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