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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Armand do without Lestat's permission?
(a) He kills one of the mortals at the ball.
(b) He drinks from him.
(c) He tells everyone Lestat is a vampire.
(d) He runs away with Gabrielle.

2. Why does Gabrielle agree to become a vampire?
(a) So she can cheat death.
(b) So she can kill her husband.
(c) So she can control Lestat.
(d) So she can travel the world.

3. What do the other vampires do that infuriates Lestat?
(a) Threaten to kill him and Gabrielle.
(b) Set fire to the tower.
(c) Kill his stable boy.
(d) Howl like wolves.

4. What happens as the vampire begins to drain Lestat's blood?
(a) He has dreamlike images.
(b) He tries to fight the vampire off.
(c) He faints from fright.
(d) He feels himself dying.

5. Who goes to the theater to make excuses for Lestat's behavior?
(a) Gabrielle.
(b) Renaud.
(c) Roget.
(d) Nicki.

Short Answer Questions

1. What business does Lestat purchase?

2. What news does Lestat receive about his mother?

3. What does Armand's story make Lestat think?

4. What does Lestat begin to sense?

5. What is it that Armand insists on but Lestat scorns?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the circumstance that changes Armand into a vampire?

2. What is the event that lets Nicolas know that Lestat has changed?

3. What makes Lestat want to get Renaud and his troupe of actors out of Paris?

4. What does Anne Rice use to let the reader know that something dire is going to happen to Lestat?

5. What are the reactions to Lestat's sudden ascent into wealth?

6. How does Lestat immediately begin adjusting to being a vampire?

7. Explain the significance of Lestat's finding Armand at the mortals' ball.

8. What is the circumstance when Lestat and Gabrielle awaken in a crypt inside a church?

9. How is the bond between Lestat and Nicki eventually broken?

10. Why can Lestat not follow through with his plan to have Nicki take Gabrielle to Italy?

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