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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 does Lyta do to Eric when he touches her?

2. What do the sisters give Lyta when she wakes up?

3. Of what does Lucifer accuse Remiel?

4. What does the fortune cookie say is approaching?

5. What does the girl give Lyta for luck?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Matthew get from the other characters on the way to seeing Morpheus?

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

3. What is a Corinthian?

4. How did the kidnappers get into the house?

5. How has Hell changed since Lucifer left?

6. What does Lyta learn has happened to Daniel?

7. Describe the story Magda tells about the children who fly away?

8. How does Lyta react to the homeless man giving Daniel a flower?

9. Why has Cluracan come to see Nuala?

10. Into what does Delirium transform herself?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

In what way can The Kindly Ones be called a revenge story? What are the conventions of a normal revenge story and how does Gaiman use these conventions to create a meaning that fits with 90s culture? How does The Kindly Ones differ from usual revenge stories?

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