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

2. Why does Richard pick Anita up and move her away from the bedroom door in Chapter 26?

3. Who was Serephina's mortal servant?

4. Who is standing over Anita when she wakes in Chapter 24?

5. What color does Anita say her hair is?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the ritual Anita, Jean-Claude, and Richard perform together. What is the outcome of this ritual?

2. Describe Jean-Claude's new bathroom. What is Anita's reaction to it?

3. Who does Anita eventually have sexual relations with? Does this surprise you? Explain.

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

5. Why is Anita at the hospital in Chapter 20?

6. What is Anita's response to Jean-Claude asking "Did you raise all of Nikolaos's old cemetery"?

7. What does Anita feel as she points her gun at Jason at the end of Chapter 27?

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

9. Describe Richard's plan to overthrow Marcus.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In an essay, explain the meaning and function of a foil character. Based on your definition, choose a character from The Killing Dance that would be considered a foil character and explain how this character is a foil.

Essay Topic 2

In an essay, explain how author Laurell K. Hamilton establishes Anita and Jean-Claude's relationship throughout the novel.

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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