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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 Thomas ask?

2. What does Harry use to scan the group of people Murphy is covering?

3. What is Ebenezar's connection to Harry?

4. Why is Murphy chosen to get through to the hostages?

5. What does Raith do when he arrives?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who shows up when Harry and Bob are talking and why?

2. What does Murphy's mother tell Harry and what does she ask him?

3. What does Harry tell Ebenezar and Kincaid and what do they do after that?

4. What does Trixie do with the gun she is carrying?

5. What does Harry see when he looks at Kincaid, what does he tell Murphy to reassure her and what do they hear from the dark?

6. How is Trixie killed?

7. Where are the children at the shelter, how are they being held and who can rescue them?

8. How can Lara find Thomas and what shocks Harry about that?

9. Where do Ebenezar and Harry go when they leave his place?

10. What happens when Harry and Murphy encounters the first group at the shelter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Death Masks is one book in a series of novels involving Harry Dresden. Discuss the following:

1. What are a couple advantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Use examples.

2. What are a couple disadvantages of writing a series of novels about the same characters? Use examples.

3. Do you prefer to read a stand alone book, or a series of books with the same main characters? Explain your response.

4. Do you think it is easier or more difficult (or about the same) to write a standalone book versus one in a series? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

The ultimate success of a book hinges on many factors. A book such as Blood Rites is difficult to gauge its success because it is one in a series of books about Harry Dresden. Nonetheless, there are some aspects of any book that must be rendered well in order for it to be considered a successful work of fiction. Discuss the following:

1. What are some aspects of Blood Rites that contribute to it being a successful novel? Give examples.

2. What are some aspects of Blood Rites that should be changed to make it an even more successful novel? Give examples.

3. Discuss five aspects of any work of fiction that need to be present and done well to make it a successful novel.

Essay Topic 3

Harry's mother tells him that she has prepared them both for this day and that they should watch out for each other. Harry's mother gives him a gift, explaining that it is insight. Harry accepts it. When he is out of the soul gaze Harry tells Thomas that their mother said that she loved them both. Harry has spent so much of his life alone that he is not sure how to react now that he has family. Part of him is still leery of letting Thomas too close, but the words spoken to him by his own mother have gone a long way to solidify the beginnings of a relationship for the two of them.

1. Discuss what you think Harry might be feeling and thinking when he finds out he has a brother. Use examples from your own life and Blood Rites to support your answer.

2. Do you think Harry is better off emotionally knowing what happened to his mother? Why or why not? Use examples from your own life and Blood Rites to support your answer.

3. Discuss, in depth, how you think Harry's life is going to change now that Thomas and the puppy is now living with him. Use examples from your own life and Blood Rites to support your answer.

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