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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 is Farrell's other name?

2. How does Delirium feel when she hears Dream will help her?

3. What caused Farrell to change his identity?

4. What kind of creature is Dream?

5. How does Delirium find the people on her list?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dream tell Delirium he is willing to help her?

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

3. Why did Delirium come to talk to Dream after being denied by the twin sisters?

4. Where did Dream rescue Nada from?

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

6. What caused Delirium's transformation?

7. What are hung on the walls of Destruction's house?

8. Why did Dream's rescue of Nada not make her love him?

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

10. How does Bernie die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sacrifice is a theme that was very prevalent in this book, especially in the case of Dream killing his own son. Who are the characters most affected by this theme, and how do they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

Essay Topic 2

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings and how they affected the course of the plot. Why might the author have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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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