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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 play toy do Lucien and the others give Daniel as they wait for Morpheus?

2. Into what do the guardians turn Gryhon?

3. How did Chantral contract AIDS?

4. What did Death throw at Morpheus the last time she saw him?

5. What do the Furies give Lyta when she enters their shack?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Loki claim happened to him when Odin comes down?

2. What is the emerald stone?

3. What does the Corinthian see through Carla's eyes?

4. How did Odin hold Loki captive?

5. How does Larissa protect Lyta?

6. What do Death and Morpheus talk about on the peak?

7. How does Loki try to trick both the Corinthian and Matthew?

8. What does the author suggest Loki's life will be like beneath the earth?

9. What information does Rose share with Hal at Zelda's funeral?

10. How does Morpheus travel from Los Angeles back to the Dreaming?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do the characters want to destroy Morpheus? How does Morpheus try to prevent the characters from destroying him? Why does Morpheus give in to the characters' demands by the end of the story?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Morpheus choose to come back as Daniel? Was Daniel always in line to become Dream? What suggestions are there in the book that this is the case?

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