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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 kind of bird is Matthew?

2. How did Bernie's family think of him?

3. What book in the series does this one pick up after?

4. What caused the big storm in the Dreaming?

5. What does Delirium say she often gets lost in now that she is Delirium?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Nada chosen to do at the beginning of the book, and why?

2. What is happening at the back room of Destruction's house, and what is this supposed to mean?

3. What is in Bernie's secret black box?

4. What do Dream and Delirium do after Ruby dies?

5. Describe the last interchange between Despair and Destruction before he disappeared.

6. Why does Delirium tell her sister she is having such a hard time holding herself together at the beginning of the book?

7. What does Dream do at the beginning of the book, and why?

8. What does Destruction say will end his age on earth?

9. What caused Delirium's transformation?

10. How does Bernie die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the significance of the title of the book, and what role did it play in the plot of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Many different characters in this book were persuaded to do things that they would not have done of their own accord. What are some of these instances, and how did persuasion affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Delirium was once called Delight. How did this transformation take place, and how are these two identities connected?

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