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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. How old is Gretchen?

2. Following the theater performance, why is Anita concerned when she realizes Richard might be a romantic?

3. In the movie Edward shows to Anita, what is unusual about the first man seen?

4. What important question does Richard ask Anita?

5. Why is Smitz unwilling to go to the police for help?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Anita hesitant to date Jean-Claude?

2. After Anita returns home from the meeting where she shot Alfred, what do she and Edward discuss on the phone?

3. The morning after Anita shot Alfred, what do Anita and Ronnie do?

4. What are the positions within the wolf pack of Marcus, Raina, and Alfred?

5. Where does Anita work, and what sort of work does she do?

6. What happens to Anita when she arrives at the crime scene with the dead hunter?

7. Why does George Smitz hesitate to go to the police for help in finding his missing wife?

8. When Anita arrives home from the crime scene involving a dead hunter, who is waiting for her and why?

9. Describe Gretchen, the person who attacks Anita after she leaves The Fox.

10. What theory does Titus propose regarding the body at the crime scene?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do events early in "The Lunatic Cafe" foreshadow the events that follow? Does the end flow logically from the beginning, or does the end come as a surprise?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the scene in which Louie rescues Anita from Gretchen, then Anita rescues Louie from Gretchen, and, most importantly, Anita nurtures and protects the unconscious and vulnerable wererat as he changes back into his human form. How does this scene serve to cement a fragile yet important connection between humans and preternatural creatures in the novel's world?

Essay Topic 3

How does the author use settings to enhance the mood and further the plot in "The Lunatic Cafe?" Are the fictional settings described as convincingly as the settings that actually exist in St. Louis (The Fox Theatre and Washington University)?

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