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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 is the name of the Master's daytime retreat?

2. Who meets Edward and Anita at the Circus of the Damned?

3. Who is coming to stay the night with Anita at Jean-Claude's home?

4. The lukoi call sex ________.

5. According to Anita in Chapter 40, ________ is a much harder beast to kill.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Raina's outfit in Chapter 36.

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

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

4. What does Cassandra do in Chapter 41 that impresses Anita?

5. Why are the zombies Anita raises are in less than perfect form?

6. What promise does Richard ask Anita to keep in Chapter 37?

7. Describe Richard's plan to overthrow Marcus.

8. Explain how Richard mends Jason's wounds. Whose blood does Jason need to drink and why?

9. Does Anita think she is beautiful? Explain.

10. When was the last time Anita was in the coffin room under the Circus of the Damned?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and analyze the use of foreshadowing in a particular chapter. Explain the effectiveness of this foreshadowing for the events to come in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

In an essay, analyze the main conflict of the novel and discuss the moral and ethical implications for at least three characters in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Choose a character in the novel who is morally ambiguous and plays a pivotal role in The Killing Dance. Explain how the character can be viewed as morally ambiguous and why his or her moral ambiguity is significant to the work as a whole.

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