1. What does Adrian tell his mother about Rose's alibi the night of Tatiana's murder that causes her some panic and to decide to hire Adrian a lawyer?

2. What does Dimitri do when the royal guardians come to arrest Rose? Why does Rose make him stop?

3. What do Christian and Lissa find so difficult about learning to wield a stake?

4. How does Dimitri respond to Lissa when she goes to visit him? How does Rose feel about this?

5. Why does Rose try to stop Lissa from staking Dimitri? Who helps Lissa?

6. Why is Dimitri being questions by royal Moroi in the sunlight? What is this supposed to prove?

7. Why does Rose go to church? What conversation does she have there? What impact does the conversation have on Rose?

8. Why is there a near riot at the courthouse?

9. Why does Rose turn to Adrian after Dimitri's final rejection of her? What mark does Adrian leave on Rose?

10. Why do the guardians react to Dimitri with violence despite his change in appearance? Why is Dimitri imprisoned?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the following relationships in an essay using quotes from "Spirit Bound" to support your conclusions:

1) Rose and Dimitri

2) Rose and Lissa

3) Lissa and Christian

4) Rose and Abe

Essay Topic 2

What is spirit? How does it work? What are some of its side effects? What is Lissa's fear in regards to the use of spirit? What does Lissa sense on the other side of a door marked psychiatric wing in the prison? Why does this cause Lissa so much fear and unhappiness? How has Lissa dealt with the side effects of spirit in the past? What role does Rose play in helping draw away the dark side effects of spirit from Lissa? What impact does this have on Rose's sanity?