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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 Corinthian?

2. What does Daniel get all over his bed while sleeping?

3. What wakes Carla up in the middle of the night?

4. Where do the three fates say Daniel's kidnappers will put him?

5. Where is Rose going in a few days?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Nuala?

2. About what does Morpheus talk to Hob?

3. What is Lyta's history?

4. What does Carla learn in this section?

5. What do Titania and Nuala talk about in this section?

6. What is Rose's relationship with Zelda?

7. How did the kidnappers get into the house?

8. Who is Paul McGuire?

9. How does Cain die in this section?

10. Describe the man's dream at the beginning of the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the Greek mythology used in the book.

1. What are the elements of Greek mythology?

2. How does Gaiman adapt these elements for a young modern audience?

Essay Topic 2

What does a raven symbolize? How much of the symbolism is taken from mythology? How did these myths develop?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the theme of revenge.

1. In what way is revenge one of the central themes of the story?

2. What meaning does it give the novel that it is the women who are looking for revenge?

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