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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 organ does Richard pull out of Marcus?

2. Who is the tall, muscular, with hair shaved on either side, the back left in a long ponytail?

3. Where does Jean-Claude go after having intimate relations with Anita?

4. Edward tells Anita in Chapter 20, that the deadline for her murder is now ________.

5. Who knocks on the door where Anita, Jean-Claude, and Richard are talking in Chapter 34?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anita mean when she tells Richard, "Stop leaking all over me"?

2. In what form will Richard and Marcus fight?

3. What is the Circus of the Damned?

4. Describe the outfit Jean-Claude has Anita put on in Chapter 35.

5. Where is Anita in the beginning of Chapter 42? How did she get there?

6. According to Anita, why would a hate group such as HAV kill Robert?

7. Why does Edward call Anita in Chapter 20? Where does he tell Anita to go?

8. What is Dominic's response to Anita asking if he can help her put the vampires back the way they were? Why does Anita have a problem with his answer?

9. Why is Anita crying in Chapter 38?

10. Why are all the coffins in the coffin room under the Circus of the Damned identical?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose a character from The Killing Dance whose mind is being pulled in conflicting directions by two compelling desires, ambitions, obligations, or influences. Identify each of the two conflicting forces and explain how this conflict with one character illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole.

Essay Topic 2

In The Killing Dance, identify a character who is alienated from society and show how that character's alienation reveals the surrounding society's assumptions or moral values.

Essay Topic 3

Identify and analyze the genre of The Killing Dance. Use specific examples from the text that exemplify the genre.

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