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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 does Anita prove to the police officers at Elvira's house that the creature who attacked Zerbrowski was not a lycanthrope?

2. After questioning Smitz, why does Anita suddenly realize she needs to question the naga in the hospital?

3. Jean-Claude gives which vampire a choice between appearing in Raina's films or going into a coffin, at Guilty Pleasures?

4. What explanation does Jean-Claude offer for not coming to Anita's aid against Gabriel at Guilty Pleasures?

5. After learning that Louie is missing, Anita realizes that Elvira is what sort of preternatural creature?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Richard and Stephen arrive to help Anita and Louie, why does Stephen offer to drive Anita to Guilty Pleasures?

2. In Jean-Claude's office, what does Raina do in an attempt to make Anita jealous?

3. How does Richard try to save Anita while they are in Kaspar's basement?

4. Until being separated from Richard by Anita during an argument in Anita's apartment, why does Jean-Claude refuse to leave Anita's apartment until Anita kisses him?

5. After Anita finds the body of Williams, what does Kaspar say to Anita during a phone call?

6. Why did Elvira and other witches skin the naga?

7. When Anita notices something familiar about Gabriel, why is this significant?

8. During an argument in Anita's apartment, what happens when Anita attempts to separate Richard and Jean-Claude?

9. How does Gabriel respond to pain, first from his silver earrings and then from the silver knife Anita uses to slice his stomach?

10. After Anita separates Richard and Jean-Claude during an argument in her apartment, why does Jean-Claude ultimately laugh and gloat, content to depart without a kiss from Anita?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do Burt and Dolph, Anita's two bosses, interact with her in the course of the novel? What point is the author making about women in the work force by Anita's disparate attitudes toward the two men?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of dark humor in the novel. Please reference at least three examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the symbolism of the swan skin sent to Anita by Edward near the end of the novel. Why does Anita approve of the skin, and why does boyfriend Richard disapprove? Is this a suitable "final resting place" for Kaspar?

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